THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


REYIIOLDS    1755 


BXYIIOLDS  BEFORi  1770. 


REYl<roLDS    1778. 


BARRY  ABOUT  1781. 


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P.EYUOLDS    1773 


U01.LEKINS    1781  . 


REPRESENTATIVE  TYPES  OF 
JOHNSON   PORTRAITS. 


188.  CATALOGUE  of  an  Exhibition,  Samnel  Johnson, 
h'olier  Clnb,  1909 ;  Collection  of  John  Anderson,  Jr.,  Great 
Tasters.  Large  Paper,  1916 ;  John  INIilton  Facsimiles.  Lon- 
>n,  3908;  Four  Quarto  Editions  of  Shakespeare  (Sidney 
jee).  Stratford,  1908;  and  5  others.  9  pieces,  8vo  to  folio, 
wrappers. 


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CATALOGUE   OF 


AN    EXHIBITION 


COMMEMORATIVE    OF    THE 
BICENTENARY    OF    THE    BIRTH    OF 

Samuel  Johnson 

(1709-1909). 


Held  at  The  Grolier  Club,  New  Tork, 

From  November  ii  until  December  11, 
1909. 


CATALOGUE    OF 

AN    EXHIBITION 


COMMEMORATIVE    OF    THE 
BICENTENARY    OF    THE    BIRTH    OF 

Samuel  Johnson 

(1709-1909); 


Consisting  of 

ORIGINAL  EDITIONS    OF    HIS    PUBLISHED 

WORKS,    SPECIAL    PRESENTATION 

COPIES,   AND    SEVERAL    OF    HIS 

ORIGINAL    MANUSCRIPTS; 

Together  with  a  large  number  o'i  Engraved  Portraits 
after  the  pictures  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  James 
Barry,  John  Opie,  Francesco  BARTOLozzi,and  others. 


Held  at  The  Grolier  Club,  New   York, 

From   'November  11  until  December  11, 
igog. 


Foreword 

Samuel  Johnson  was  born  on  Sep- 
tember 1 8,  1709,  in  the  town  of 
Lichfield,  and  died  in  London  on  De- 
cember 13,  1784.  His  active  life 
covers  a  period  between  two  great 
eras  of  English  literature,  for,  when 
he  first  arrived  in  London  in  1737, 
Pope  and  Swift,  of  the  Augustan  Age, 
were  still  living,  and  when  he  died, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  Words- 
worth and  Scott  were  boys  in  their 
early  teens. 

"The  memory  of  other  authors  is 
kept  alive  by  their  works,  but  the 
memory  of  Johnson  keeps  many  of 
his  works  alive,"  said  Macaulay. 
With  this  thought  in  mind,  it  has  been 
attempted  to  give  to  the  present  ex- 
hibition as  personal  a  character  as 
possible,  calling  attention  by  the  cata- 
logue to  the  principal  events  connect- 
ing or  associated  with  Dr.  Johnson's 
iii 


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FOREWORD 


published  works,  which  are  shown 
here  in  chronological  order.  John- 
son himself  remarked  to  Boswell  that 
what  he  loved  best  in  literature  was 
the  biographical  part.  Happily  his 
biographer  has  made  not  only  his 
personality  but  the  details  of  his  life 
so  familiar  to  his  friends  that  they 
need  no  repetition,  but  it  is  hoped 
that  they  may  gain  a  renewed  interest 
if  recalled  while  examining  the  orig- 
inal editions  of  the  books  with  which 
they  are  associated. 

The  collection  of  first  editions  of 
Johnson's  poetical  and  separate  prose 
works  is  practically  complete,  the 
only  important  omissions  being  the 
Letter  to  Chesterfield  and  the  Con- 
versation with  King  George  III,  both 
published  by  Boswell  in  1790  for  pur- 
poses of  copyright,  probably  in  very 
small  editions.  The  Committee  takes 
pleasure  in  being  able  to  show  the  only 
known  copy  of  the  Prologue  .  .  . 
spoken  at  the  opening  of  Drtiry  Lane 
Theatre    (No.    12),   as  w^ell   as   the 


FOREWORD 

first  collected  edition  of  the  Poetical 
Works,  1785  (No.  39),  the  rarity 
of  which  has  been  the  subject  of  re- 
cent letters  to  the  Atheuceimi.  No 
attempt  has  been  made  to  exhibit  all 
of  the  numerous  works  to  which  Dr. 
Johnson  contributed  prefaces,  dedica- 
tions, etc.,  but  a  representative  num- 
ber of  them  is  seen. 

Some  of  the  volumes  gain  addi- 
tional interest  through  the  author's 
presentation  inscriptions  to  friends, 
and  some  are  from  his  own  library. 

As  always,  the  manuscripts  seem 
to  bring  us  very  near  to  the  writer. 
The  letters  to  Mrs.  Thrale  and 
Samuel  Richardson  (Nos.  21  and 
62a)  contain  many  allusions  to  the 
illustrious  circle  of  which  Dr.  Johnson 
was  the  center;  the  Prayer  and  his 
own  New  Testament  (Nos.  62  and 
57),  with  inserted  pages  in  his  hand- 
writing, bring  to  mind  the  religious 
side  of  his  nature,  while  the  Dodd 
letters  (No.  59)  bear  witness  to  his 
ready   sympathy. 


FOREWORD 

The  collection  of  engraved  por- 
traits numbers  one  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-five, and  is  probably  the  largest 
ever  seen  at  one  time.  As  Boswell 
remarked  on  the  propriety  of  dedi- 
cating his  life  of  Johnson  to  "Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds,  who  was  the  inti- 
mate and  beloved  friend  of  that  great 
man,"  so  it  is  fitting  that  our  famil- 
iarity with  Dr.  Johnson's  features  is 
largely  through  the  portraits  painted 
by  his  friend.  Reproductions  by  many 
engravers  of  Reynolds's  four  great 
authentic  types,  as  well  as  of  the  por- 
traits by  Barry,  Opie,  Trotter  and 
Bartolozzi,  the  bust  by  NoUekens,  and 
the  statue  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  are 
seen  here,  besides  various  other  types 
having  greater  or  less  claims  to  au- 
thenticity. It  is  regretted  that  no  re- 
production of  the  portrait  by  Miss 
Reynolds  ("Johnson's  grimly  ghost") 
is  shown,  nor  is  the  engraving  by 
Finden  of  the  miniature  worn  in  a 
bracelet  by  Mrs.  Johnson,  but  a  print 
of  much  interest  and  apparent  rarity 
vi 


FOREWORD 


is  after  a  drawing  by  N.  Gardiner 
(No.  201),  slightly  resembling  the 
Bartolozzi  type. 

A  word  should  be  said  of  the  typo- 
graphical appearance  of  the  printed 
works,  which  are  in  Caslon  old-style 
type,  bearing  the  names  of  the  fore- 
most printers  of  the  day,  but  showing 
the  same  lack  of  care  in  presswork 
which  characterizes  most  English 
books  of  that  period,  in  striking 
contrast  with  the  contemporaneous 
productions  of  the  French  press.  John- 
son's relations  with  his  booksellers, 
whom  he  called  "generous,  liberal 
minded  men,"  were  in  general  most 
friendly.  Among  them  were  Robert 
Dodsley,  Thomas  Cadell,  William 
Strahan,  Charles  Dilly,  at  whose  hos- 
pitable table  Boswell  had  seen  "a 
greater  number  of  literary  men  than 
at  any  other  except  that  of  Sir  Joshua 
Reynolds,"  and  Andrew  Millar, 
called  by  Johnson  the  "Maecenas  of 
the  age." 

The  town  of  Lichfield,  which  John- 


FOREWORD 


son  maintained  was  "the  soberest, 
genteelest  and  best-spoken  town  in 
England,"  commemorated  the  two 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 
its  illustrious  son  by  a  celebration  of 
several  days'  duration  in  September. 
The  centenary  of  his  death  occurred 
in  1884,  when  memorial  services  were 
held  at  the  Church  of  St.  Clement 
Danes,  which  Dr.  Johnson,  in  his  life- 
time, attended. 

While  most  of  the  books,  prints 
and  manuscripts  exhibited  are  owned 
by  members  of  the  Grolier  Club,  who, 
as  always,  have  generously  placed  their 
collections  at  the  disposal  of  the  com- 
mittee for  purposes  of  exhibition, 
the  committee  is  glad  to  acknowledge 
also  the  kindness  of  Yale  University 
Library,  Columbia  University  Li- 
brary, Mr.  H.  E.  Widener,  Dr. 
A.  S.  W.  Rosenbach  and  Mr.  P.  H. 
Rosenbach. 


CATALOGUE 


THE 
WORKS  OF  JOHNSON 


I  A  Voyage  To  Abyssinia.  By  Father 
Jerome  Lobo,  A  Portuguese  Jesuit. 
.  .  .  With  a  Continuation  of  the  His- 
tory of  Abyssinia  ...  By  Mr.  Le- 
grand.  From  the  French.  London: 
Printed  for  A.  Bettesworth,  and  C. 
Hitch  at  the  Red-Lyon  in  Paternoster- 
Row.  MDCCXXXF.  Octavo,  xii, 
396  pages,  4  leaves. 
First  edition. 

Translated  bj'  Johnson;  his  first  published 
prose  work,  for  which  Mr.  Warren,  a  book- 
seller of  Birmingham,  gave  him  five  guineas. 
Though  "London"  appears  on  the  title-page, 
it  was  printed  at  Birmingham. 

This  study  of  Abyssinia  is  supposed  to  have 
been  the  remote  occasion  of  Johnson's  writing 
Rasselas,  nearly  twenty-five  years  later. 

f    2   London:   A   Poem,    In   Imitation   of 
the  Third  Satire  of  Juvenal.     [Quo- 

3 


BICENTENARY  OF 

tatlon]  London:  Printed  for  R. 
Doddesley  [iic],  at  Tally's  Head  in 
Pall-Mail  MDCCXXXVIIL  Folio. 
19  pages. 

First  edition.  Uncut  copy,  from 
the  collection  of  Frederick  Locker- 
Lampson. 

London  was  published  fourteen  months  after 
Johnson  left  Lichfield  to  try  his  fortunes  in 
London,  and  was  intended  partly  as  an  at- 
tack upon  the  ministry  of  Walpole.  It  ap- 
peared in  May,  1738,  on  the  same  day  as 
Pope's  Seventeen  Hundred  and  Thirty-eight 
(now  known  as  The  Epilogue  to  the  Satires), 
and  won  Pope's  hearty  commendation.  It  was 
offered  to  Edward  Cave,  but  finally  published 
by  Dodsley,  who  gave  ten  guineas  for  the 
copyright.  Two  editions  appeared  in  the  space 
of  a  week.  (The  two  are  bound  together 
in  the  present  volume.) 

2a  Another  copy. 

3   London   .   .   .  The    Second    Edition. 

London:  Printed  for  R.  Dodsley  .  .  . 

MDCCXXXVIIL    Folio.    19  pages. 

Second      edition.      Uncut      copy. 

{Bound  with  No.  2.) 

4 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

London  .  .  .  The  Fifth  Edition. 
London:  Printed  by  E.  Cave  at  St 
John's  Gate,  and  sold  by  R.  Dodsley 
in  Pallmall,  1750.  Price  i  s.  Where 
may  be  had,  Price  i  s.  The  Vanity  of 
Human  Wishes  .  .  .  by  the  same 
Author.    Quarto.    23  pages. 

Fifth  edition.     On  the  inside  front 
cover  is  the  presentation  inscription: 

"Ex  dono  Authoris 
Anna  Williams." 

This  Miss  Williams  was  the  daughter  of  a 
Welsh  physician.  She  came  to  London  to  be 
cured  of  a  disease  of  the  eyes;  but  the  opera- 
tion failed  and  she  became  a  member  of  John- 
son's household.  According  to  Macaulay, 
Miss  Williams's  recommendations  to  Dr. 
Johnson  were  her  blindness  and  her  poverty; 
but  Boswell,  who  disliked  her  for  her  "pee- 
vishness," admits  that  she  was  a  woman  of 
more  than  ordinary  talents.  To  Mrs.  Mon- 
tagu, Johnson  wrote  of  Miss  Williams: 
"Thirty  years  and  more  she  has  been  my  com- 
panion, and  her  death  has  left  me  very  deso- 
late." At  Johnson's  suggestion,  David  Gar- 
rick  gave  a  benefit  performance  for  her;  and 
she  received  a  small  annuity  from  Mrs.  Mon- 
tagu. 


BICENTENARY   OF 

5  Marmor  Norfolciense:  Or  An  Es- 
say On  An  Ancient  Prophetical  In- 
scription, In  Monkish  Rhyme,  Lately 
Discover'd  near  Lynn  in  Norfolk. 
By  Probus  Britanicus.  [Printer's  or- 
nament] London:  Printed  for  J. 
Brett  at  the  Golden-Ball,  opposite  St. 
Clement's  Church  in  the  Strand. 
MDCCXXXIX.    Octavo,   ^s  P^ges. 

First  edition.    Uncut  copy. 

A  satire  against  the  Hanoverian  dynasty,  de- 
scribed by  Pope  as  "very  Humerous";  re- 
printed by  a  political  adversary  to  annoy  the 
author  after  he  had  accepted  a  pension  from 
the  king.  The  pension,  how^ever,  was  not 
political,  but  was  specially  stated  to  have 
been  conferred  for  Dr.  Johnson's  services  to 
literature.  "It  is  true,"  said  he,  "I  cannot 
now  curse  the  House  of  Hanover,  nor  would 
it  be  decent  for  me  to  drink  King  James's 
health,  in  the  wine  that  King  George  gives 
me  the  money  to  pay  for.  But,  sir,  I  think 
that  the  pleasure  of  cursing  the  House  of 
Hanover,  and  drinking  King  James's  health, 
are  amply  compensated  for  by  three  hundred 
pounds  a  year." 

6  Catalogus    Bibliothecae    Harleianae 

6 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

.  .  .  Londini:  Apiid  Thomam  Os- 
borne. MDCCXLIII[-F].  Five  vol- 
umes. Octavo. 
First  edition. 
"In  1742  Johnson  was  employed  by  Thomas 
Osborne,  a  bookseller,  to  catalogue  the  library 
of  Edward  Harley,  second  Earl  of  Oxford. 
Osborne,  treating  Johnson  with  insolence,  was 
knocked  down  for  his  pains  ...  A  folio  Sep- 
tuagint  of  1594  was  shown  at  a  bookseller's 
shop  in  1812  as  the  weapon  with  which  the 
deed  was  performed." 

The  library  was  brought  together  by  Robert 
Harley,  first  Earl  of  Oxford,  the  greatest 
collector  of  his  time,  and  augmented  by 
his  son,  the  second  Earl.  On  his  death  it 
fell  to  his  daughter,  who  sold  the  printed 
books  to  Thomas  Osborne  for  about  £13,000. 
The  manuscripts  were  purchased  by  Parlia- 
ment and  placed  in  the  British  Museum. 
Johnson's  Account  of  the  Harleian  Library 
(pp.  1-8)  begins  with  an  apology  for  solicit- 
ing subscriptions  for  a  catalogue  of  books  ex- 
posed to  sale,  and  ends  with  a  plea  to  Eng- 
lishmen to  prevent  their  sale  into  a  foreign 
country.  Johnson's  preface  to  the  catalogue 
is  in  the  third  volume.  William  Oldys,  who 
edited  the  Harleian  Miscellany,  for  which 
Johnson  wrote  a  preface,  was  also  employed 
on  the  catalogue. 


BICENTENARY  OF 

7  An  Account  Of  The  Life  Of  Mr  Rich- 
ard Savage,  Son  of  the  Earl  Rivers. 
[Printer's  ornament]  London: 
Printed  for  J.  Roberts  in  fVarwick- 
Lane.  M.DCC.XLIV.  Octavo. 
Two  leaves,  i8o  pages,  one  leaf. 

First  edition. 

The  eccentric  Savage,  with  whom  Dr.  John- 
son had  a  strange  friendship,  died  in  August, 
1743,  and  Johnson's  description  of  his  life  ap- 
peared in  February  of  the  following  year. 
According  to  Boswell,  the  book  was  composed 
with  great  rapidity,  forty-eight  octavo  pages 
being  written  at  a  sitting.  It  is  in  part  auto- 
biographical, as  Johnson  shared  with  Savage 
many  of  the  miseries  which  he  described. 

The  last  leaf  contains  an  announcement  of 
the  publication  "in  a  few  days"  of  the  Life  of 
Barretter.  Other  editions  appeared  in  1748, 
1767,  and  1769. 

8  An  Account  Of  The  Life  Of  John 
Philip  Barretier,  Who  was  Master  of 
Five  Languages  at  the  Age  of  Nine 
Years.  Compiled  from  his  Father's 
Letters,  &c.  [Printer's  ornament] 
London:  Printed  for  J.  Roberts  in 
Warwick   lane.      17 44-      [Price  Six- 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

pence.]    Octavo.    One  leaf,  28  pages. 
First  separate  edition. 

One  of  Johnson's  early  contributions  to  the 
Gentlevian's  Magazine,  where  it  appeared  in 
1740-42.  About  1838,  he  was  engaged  by 
Edward  Cave,  its  editor,  as  a  regular  con- 
tributor to  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  which 
for  many  years  was  his  chief  source  of  em- 
ployment. 

9  Boulter's  Monument.  A  Panegyrical 
Poem,  Sacred  to  the  Memory  Of  .  .  . 
Dr.  Hugh  Boulter;  Late  Lord  Arch- 
bishop of  Ardmagh,  and  Primate  of 
All  Ireland.  [Quotation]  London: 
Printed  by  S.  Richardson  .  .  . 
M  DCCXLV.  Octavo.  One  leaf, 
168  pages. 

First  edition. 

By  Dr.  Samuel  Madden;  revised  by  Johnson, 
who  quoted  it  in  his  Dictionary.  It  ends  with 
the  line:  "DO  GOOD  like  BOULTER." 

10  Miscellaneous  Observations  on  the 
Tragedy  of  Macbeth:  With  Remarks 
on  Sir  T.  H's  Edition  of  Shakespear, 
To  which  is  affix'd,  Proposals  for  a 

9 


BICENTENARY  OF 

New  Edition  of  Shakeshear[5ic] 
with  a  Specimen.  London:  Printed 
for  E.  Cave,  at  St  John's  Gate,  and 
Sold  by  J.  Roberts  in  JVarwick-lane. 
Price  I  s.  M.DCC.XLV.  Duodecimo. 
Three  leaves,  61,2  pages. 
First  edition. 

Sir  Thomas  Hanmer's  edition  of  Shakespeare 
had  appeared  in  1744.  Johnson's  Proposals 
were  not  actually  published  until  1756. 

'  II  The  Plan  Of  A  Dictionary  Of  The 
English  Language;  Addressed  to  the 
Right  Honourable  Philip  Dormer, 
Earl  of  Chesterfield;  One  of  His 
Majesty's  Principal  Secretaries  of 
State.  London:  Printed  for  J.  and 
P.  Knapton,  T.  Longman  and  T. 
Shewell,  C.  Hitch,  A.  Millar,  and 
R.Dodsley.  MDCCXLVIL  Quarto. 
One  leaf,  34  pages. 

First  edition.  Large-paper  copy, 
with  page  i  in  the  first  state,  before 
Lord  Chesterfield's  name  was  printed 
In. 

Dodsley,    Millar,    the   Longmans,    and   other 
10 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

booksellers  who  undertook  the  enterprise  of 
the  Dictionary  agreed  to  pay  £1575  for  the 
copyright,  the  amount  including  the  entire 
preparation  for  the  press.  Johnson  employed 
six  amanuenses  for  the  work,  whom  he  paid 
from  23s.  to  £2  2s.  per  week.  Although  the 
Plan  appeared  in  1747,  the  laborious  task  was 
not  finished  until  1755  (see  No.  20).  Of  the 
Plan  it  has  been  said:  "Nothing  could  be  more 
clear  or  scholarlike  than  the  principles  which 
he  had  laid  down  for  carrying  out  his  scheme, 
and  he  frequently  illustrated  his  meaning,  and 
showed  the  necessity  of  such  a  work,  by  pas- 
sages from  the  best-known  authors." 

An  octavo  edition  was  published  in  the  fol- 
lowing year. 

iia  Another  copy.     Page  i  completed. 

12  Prologue  And  Epilogue  Spoken  At 
The  Opening  Of  The  Theatre  in 
Drury-Lane  1747.  London:  Printed 
by  E.  Cave  at  St  John's  Gate;  sold  by 
M.  Cooper  in  Pater-Noster-Row, 
and  R.  Dodsley  in  P  all-Mall 
M,DCC,XLVIL  Quarto.  12  pages. 
First  edition.  The  only  known 
copy. 

II 


BICENTENARY  OF 

Garrick  and  Lacy  had  jointly  purchased  the 
patent  of  Drury  Lane  Theatre,  and  it  was 
opened  on  September  15,  in  honor  of  which 
occasion  a  special  Prologue  by  Johnson  and 
Epilogue  by  Garrick  were  prepared.  Garrick 
spoke  the  Prologue,  and  Mrs.  Woffington  the 
Epilogue.  In  October,  Edward  Cave  an- 
nounced in  the  General  Advertiser  and 
Gentleman's  Magazine  the  issue  at  sixpence 
of  the  Prologue  and  Epilogue  in  pamphlet 
form,  but  a  copy  was  not  known  to  exist  until 
the  owner  of  the  present  one  discovered  it  in 
a  volume  of  pamphlets  labeled  Miscellaneous 
Poetry,  which  he  had  purchased. 

"Garrick,     criticizing     Johnson's     line     on 
Shakespeare — 

'And  panting  time  toiled  after  him  in  vain' 
Johnson   called   him   a   prosaical    rogue,    and 
said:  'The  next  time  I  write,  I  '11  make  both 
time  and  space  pant.'  " 

13  Samuel  Johnson's  Prologue  Spoken 
at  The  Opening  Of  The  Theatre  In 
Drury-Lane  In  1747  WithGarrlck's 
Epilogue  A  Facsimile  of.  the  hith- 
erto undiscovered  first  edition  With 
Preface  By  Austin  Dobson  And  In- 
troduction And  Notes  By  A.  S.  W. 
Rosenbach  New  York  Dodd,  Mead 
12 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

And  Company  MCMII.  Folio, 
xxiv,  12  pages. 

One    of    thirty    copies    on    Japan 
paper,  in  facsimile  of  the  first  edition. 

i  14  Irene:  A  Tragedy.  As  it  is  Acted  at 
the  Theatre  Royal  In  Drury-Lane. 
By  Mr.  Samuel  Johnson.  [Printer's 
ornament]  London:  Printed  for  R. 
Dodsley  at  TnUy's-head  Pall-viall 
and  sold  by  M.  Cooper  in  Pater- 
noster-Row. MDCCXLIX.  Octavo. 
Four  leaves,  86  pages. 

First  edition.     Uncut  copy. 

Three  acts  of  Irene  were  written  at  Edial 
Hall,  and  when  his  school  there  collapsed  and 
he  set  out  for  London  with  David  Garrick, 
his  former  pupil,  Johnson's  only  fixed  plan 
was  to  get  his  play  produced  upon  the  stage. 
It  was  offered  to  Fleetwood,  the  patentee  of 
Drury  Lane,  but  was  declined  to  Johnson's 
great  mortification,  and  did  not  make  its  ap- 
pearance upon  the  stage  until  produced  under 
the  title  of  Mahomet  and  Irene,  on  February 
6,  1749,  by  Garrick,  then  manager  of  the 
Drury  Lane  Theatre.  Garrick  played  De- 
metrius, and  gave  the  part  of  Mahomet  to 
the  celebrated  Mr.  Barry  to  ensure  his  inter- 

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est  in  the  performance.  Mrs.  Pritchard  and 
Mrs.  Gibber  played  the  parts  of  Irene  and 
Aspasia,  and  Johnson  himself  appeared  in  a 
side-box  in  a  scarlet  waistcoat  and  gold-laced 
hat.  Although  the  play  was  felt  to  be  a  fail- 
ure, and  was  produced  for  only  nine  nights, 
Johnson  received,  for  the  three  author's  nights 
and  copyright,  nearly  three  hundred  pounds, 
which  was  more  than  any  of  his  other  writ- 
ings had  brought  him.  The  humorous  epi- 
logue was  written  by  Sir  William  Yonge,  sec- 
retary-at-war  under  Walpole. 

A  second  edition  of  Irene  appeared  in  1754? 
and  others  in  1781  and  1796  {Bell's  British 
Theatre,  vol.  25). 

15  Another  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with 
the  half-title  differently  set  up,  and 
an  additional  leaf  with  list  of  "Books 
printed  for  R.  Dodsley." 

16  Irene  .  .  .  Dublin:  Printed  by  S. 
Powell,  For  G.  and  A.  Ewing  .  .  . 
Booksellers.  MDCCXLIX.  Duo- 
decimo.    71  pages. 

The  pirated  Irish  edition.  From 
the  collections  of  Col.  F.  R.  C.  Grant 
and  Frederick  Locker-Lampson. 

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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

17  The  Vanity  of  Human  Wishes.  The 
Tenth  Satire  of  Juvenal,  Imitated  By 
Samuel  Johnson.  [Printer's  orna- 
ment] London:  Printed  for  R.  Dods- 
ley  at  Tully's  Head  in  Pail-Mall,  and 
Sold  by  M.  Cooper  in  Pater-noster 
Row.  M.DCC.XLIX.  Quarto.  28 
pages. 

First  edition.     Uncut  copy. 

The  finest  of  Dr.  Johnson's  poems,  profoundly 
admired  by  Byron  and  Sir  Walter  Scott.  It 
was  written  at  Hampstead,  where  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Johnson  passed  a  part  of  the  summer  of 
1748  on  account  of  the  latter's  failing  health. 
It  is  said  that  Johnson  composed  seventy  lines 
in  one  day  before  writing  them  down.  He 
received  only  fifteen  guineas  for  the  copyright, 
but  in  this  and  subsequent  agreements  he  re- 
served a  right  to  print  one  edition  for  himself. 

17a  Another  copy. 

18  The  Rambler.  [Quotation,  Printer's 
ornament]  London:  Printed  for  J. 
Payne,  and  J.  Bouquet,  in  Pater-nos- 
ter-row,  M.DCC.LL  Two  volumes. 
Folio. 

15 


BICENTENARY  OF 

First  edition,  as  published  in  parts, 
from  Tuesday,  March  20,  1749-50, 
to  Saturday,  March  17(14?),  1752. 

During  the  thirty-five  years  intervening  be- 
tween the  last  number  of  the  Spectator  and 
the  first  of  the  Ramblerj  various  attempts 
had  been  made  to  rival  Addison — the  Lay 
Monastery,  the  Censor,  the  Freethinker,  the 
Plain  Dealer,  the  Champion,  and  others, — but 
none  of  them  obtained  a  permanent  place  in 
literature.  From  the  first  the  Rambler  was 
enthusiastically  admired  by  Richardson  and 
other  eminent  men,  though  coldly  received  by 
the  public  at  large.  The  sale  amounted  to  less 
than  five  hundred  copies  at  twopence  a  num- 
ber, but  when  the  numbers  were  collected 
and  reprinted  they  became  popular,  and  ten 
editions  (1250  copies  each)  were  published 
in  London  alone  during  the  author's  lifetime. 
The  only  numbers  which  Johnson  did  not 
write  are  10,  30,  97  (by  Samuel  Richardson), 
44,  and  100.  While  the  last  Rambler  (No. 
208)  was  being  written  Mrs.  Johnson  was 
very  ill,  and  three  days  after  its  publication 
she  died,  a  loss  which  Johnson  felt  most 
keenly. 

19  The  Rambler   .   .   .  London:  Printed 
for  J.  Payne,  at  Pope's  Head  .   .   . 
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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

M.DCC.LII.  Six  volumes.  Duo- 
decimo. 

First     collected     edition.      Uncut 
copy. 

20  A  Dictionary  Of  The  English  Lan- 
guage: In  Which  The  Words  are 
deduced  from  their  Originals,  And 
Illustrated  in  their  Different  Signifi- 
cations By  Examples  from  the  best 
Writers.  To  Which  Are  Prefixed, 
A  History  of  the  Language,  And  An 
English  Grammar.  By  Samuel  John- 
son, A.  M.  In  Two  Volumes  .  .  . 
[Quotation]  London,  Printed  by  JV. 
Strahan,  For  J.  and  P.  Knapton; 
T.  and  T.  Longman;  C.  Hitch  and 
L.  Hawes;  A.  Millar;  and  R.  and 
J.  Dodsley.  MDCCLV.  Two  vol- 
umes. Folio. 
First  edition. 

The  Dictionary  appeared  on  April  15,  I755> 
after  eight  j'ears  of  enormous  labor  (see  also 
Plan  of  a  Dictionary,  1747,  No.  II).  It  was 
sold  at  £4  4s.  for  the  two  bound  folio  vol- 
umes.    In  February  of  the  same  year  John- 

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son  had  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from 
Oxford  University,  and  it  was  thought  de- 
sirable that  these  letters  appear  on  the  title- 
page  of  the  Dictionary,  which  at  once  took 
its  place  as  a  standard  authority  and  went 
rapidly  through  several  editions.  An  abridg- 
ment by  Johnson  appeared  in  1756.  The 
Plan  of  a  Dictionary  had  been  dedicated  to 
Lord  Chesterfield,  who  wished  to  appear  also 
as  the  patron  of  the  Dictionary,  and  to  that 
object  wrote  two  papers  in  the  World  recom- 
mending the  work.  But  Johnson  was  too  in- 
dignant at  Chesterfield's  previous  neglect  to 
accede  to  this  desire,  and  wrote  the  Earl  that 
dignified  letter  on  the  subject,  which  is  one  of 
the  finest  productions  of  his  pen,  styled  by 
Carlyle  "the  far-famed  blast  of  doom,  pro- 
claiming ...  to  the  listening  world  that  pa- 
tronage should  be  no  more."  The  most  obvi- 
ous defect  of  the  Dictionary  is  said  to  be  in 
its  derivations,  while  the  illustration  of  the 
uses  of  words  is  its  most  valuable  feature. 
Johnson  read  through  the  books  which  he 
considered  authorities,  marking  the  words 
which  he  intended  to  use  as  illustrations.  The 
sentences  containing  these  words  were  then 
copied  on  slips  by  his  clerks,  and  pasted  into 
an  interleaved  copy  of  Nathan  Bailey's  Dic- 
tionary, definitions  and  etymologies  being 
added  from  other  authorities.  The  work  was 
done  in  a  house  in  Gough  Square,  which  Car- 

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lyle  visited  and  described.  Although  it  in- 
creased his  reputation,  the  success  of  the 
Dictionary  did  not  relieve  Johnson's  poverty, 
as  the  £1575  which  the  booksellers  agreed  to 
pay  had  been  advanced  and  spent  before  the 
work  vi'as  completed.  During  the  following 
year  he  was  rescued  from  the  debtors'  prison 
by  his  friend,  Samuel  Richardson. 


21  Another  copy,  uncut.  From  Mrs. 
Thrale's  collection,  with  an  auto- 
graph letter  of  three  pages  from 
Johnson  to  Mrs.  Thrale  inserted. 

The  letter  is  dated  October  24,  1778,  and  ap- 
pears as  No.  193  of  Mrs.  Thrale's  edition  of 
Johnson's  Letters,  beginning,  "Dearest  Lady," 
and  ending,  "I  have  known  Worthington  long, 
and  to  die  is  dreadful.  I  believe  he  was  a 
very  good  man.    I  am,  &c.  Sam:  Johnson." 

22  Christian  Morals:  By  Sir  Thomas 
Browne  .  .  .  The  Second  Edition. 
With  A  Life  Of  The  Author,  By 
Samuel  Johnson ;  And  Explanatory 
Notes.  London:  Printed  by  Richard 
Hett,  For  J.  Payne,  at  Pope's  Head, 
in  Pater-Noster  Row.    M  DCC  LVL 

19 


BICENTENARY  OF 

Duodecimo.  Two  leaves,  Ixi,  136 
pages. 

Second  edition  of  Christian  Mor- 
als; first  edition  of  the  Life. 

The  first  edition  of  Christian  Morals  ap- 
peared in  1716,  thirty- four  years  after  the 
death  of  the  author. 


23  The  Prince  Of  Abissinia.  A  Tale. 
In  Two  Volumes  .  .  .  London: 
Printed  for  R.  and  J.  Dodsley,  in 
Pall-Mall;  and  W .  Johnston,  in  Liid- 
gate-Street.  M  DCC  LIX.  Two  vol- 
umes. Octavo. 
First  edition. 

The  Prince  of  Abissinia,  better  known  as 
Rasselas,  appeared  early  in  April,  1759,  within 
a  few  days  of  Voltaire's  Candide,  to  which  it 
is  sometimes  likened.  Johnson  received  £100 
for  the  copyright,  and  £25  in  addition  on  the 
appearance  of  the  second  edition  in  the  same 
year.  It  was  written  in  the  evenings  of  one 
week  to  meet  the  expenses  of  his  mother's  last 
illness  and  funeral.  She  died  in  Lichfield,  at 
the  age  of  ninety,  and  was  deeply  mourned  by 
her  son.  His  lines  in  The  Vanity  of  Human 
Wishes  descriptive  of  a  placid  old  age — 
20 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

"An  age  that  melts  with  unperceiv'd  decay, 
And  glides  in  modest  innocence  away" — 
are  thought  to  refer  to  his  mother,  who  v>'as 
then  in  her  eightieth  year. 

It  reached  a  fifth  edition  in  1775,  and 
has  been  translated  into  French,  German, 
Italian,  Dutch,  Bengalee,  Hungarian,  Polish, 
modern  Greek,  and  Spanish.  A  facsimile  re- 
print of  the  first  edition  was  published  in 
1884. 

24  The  Prince  Of  Ablsslnia  .  .  .  The 
Second  Edition.  London :  Printed  for 
R.andJ.Dodsley  .  .  .  M  DCC  LIX. 
Two  vokimes.     Duodecimo. 

Second  edition.     On  the  fly-leaf  is 
Dr.  Johnson's  autograph  inscription: 
"To  Mrs.  Percy 

from  the  Authour 

Sam:  Johnson." 

Mrs.  Percy  was  the  wife  of  Bishop  Percy, 
the  antiquarian,  an  early  friend  of  Johnson,  i 
Bishop  Percy  has  recorded  that,  as  a  boy, 
Johnson  was  immoderately  fond  of  reading 
romances  of  chivalry,  a  fondness  which  he  re- 
tained through  life,  attributing  partly  "  to 
these  extravagant  fictions  that  unsettled  turn 
of  mind  which  prevented  his  ever  fixing  in 
any  profession." 

21 


BICENTENARY  OF 

25  Two  Satires.  By  Samuel  Johnson, 
A.  M.  [Printer's  ornament]  Ox- 
ford, At  the  Clarendon  Printing 
House,  M.DCC.LIX.  Octavo.  35 
pages. 

The  satires  are  London  and  The  Vanity  of 
Human  Wishes.  The  text  of  this  Oxford 
edition,  which  is  revised,  was  used  in  the  edi- 
tion of  Johnson's  Poems  of  1785. 

26  The  Idler.  In  Two  Volumes.  [Quota- 
tions] .  .  .  London,  Printed  for  J. 
Newhery,  at  the  Bible  and  Sun  in  St. 
Paul's  Church  Yard.  MDCCLXL 
Two  volumes.     Duodecimo. 

First  collected  edition. 

Macaulay  says  that  the  Idler  may  be  de- 
scribed as  the  second  part  of  the  Rambler, 
somewhat  livelier  and  somewhat  weaker  than 
the  first  part.  The  first  number  appeared  on 
April  15,  1758,  in  Newbery's  Universal 
Chronicle,  and  the  last  on  April  5,  1760. 
Twelve  of  the  103  numbers  were  contributed 
by  friends.  The  character  of  Jack  Whirler 
has  been  identified  with  John  Newbery,  the 
bookseller,  and  the  writer  pictured  himself 
under  the  name  of  Sober.  The  forty-first 
number    describes    the    death    of    Johnson's 

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mother.  Johnson's  two  thirds  of  the  profits 
of  the  sale  of  this  first  collected  edition 
amounted  to  £84  2s.  4d.  Other  editions  ap- 
peared in  1795  and  1799. 

27  An  Enquiry  Into  The  Nature  and 
Origin  Of  Literary  Property.  [Prin- 
ter's ornament]  London:  Printed  for 
William  Flexney,  near  Gray's-Inn- 
Gate,Holborn.  M.DCC.LXIL  Oc- 
tavo.   One  leaf,  39  pages. 

First  edition. 

This  has  been  ascribed  to  Johnson,  and  also 
to  Bishop  Warburton. 

28  Mr.  Johnson's  Preface  To  his  Edi- 
tion of  Shakespear's  Plays.  [Printer's 
ornament]  London:  Printed  for  J. 
and  R.  Tonson,  H.  Woodfall,  J.  Riv- 
ington,  R.  Baldwin,  L.  Hawes,  Clark 
and  Collins,  T.  Longman,  W .  John- 
ston, T.  Caslon,  C.  Corbet,  T. 
Lownds,  and  the  Executors  of  B. 
Dodd.  M,DCC,LXV.  Octavo.  Ixxii 
pages. 

First  edition.     Bound  by  Francis 
Bedford. 

23 


BICENTENARY   OF 

Although  described  b)'  him  as  in  the  press 
in  1757!  Johnson's  edition  of  Shakespeare  was 
not  brought  out  until  October,  1765.  A 
sneering  allusion  to  the  subscriptions  which 
he  had  received  and  spent  is  supposed  to  have 
hastened  its  appearance,  though  only  after  re- 
peated exhortations  from  Reynolds  and  his 
other  friends,  and  fervent  prayers  and  strug- 
gles on  Johnson's  part  against  his  constitu- 
tional indolence  and  dislike  of  application. 
John  Nichols  says  that  he  received  £375  for 
the  first  edition  (in  eight  volumes),  and  £100 
for  the  second.  The  Preface  sold  at  one  shil- 
ling per  copy. 

The  period  between  the  final  number  of  the 
Idler  and  the  publication  of  the  Shakespeare 
was  an  interesting  one  in  Johnson's  life,  though 
productive  of  little  literary  work.  In  1762 
he  received  his  pension  from  George  III, 
which  not  only  enabled  him  to  live  indepen- 
dently and  enter  into  a  social  life  which  he 
thoroughly  enjoyed,  but  made  it  possible  for 
him  to  relieve  the  want  and  distress  of  others, 
the  sight  of  which  always  so  aroused  his  sym- 
pathy. Henceforward  his  "intellectual  activity 
found  its  chief  outlet  in  conversation."  In 
1763  he  was  introduced  to  Boswell,  and  the 
following  year  saw  the  foundation  of  "The 
Club,"  the  original  nine  members  of  which 
were  Reynolds,  Johnson,  Edmund  Burke,  Dr. 
Nugent,  Langton,  Goldsmith,  Chamier,  Beau - 

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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

clerc,  and  Sir  John  Hawkins.  It  began  by  a 
weekly  supper  in  the  Turk's  Head,  Gerrard 
Square,  Soho,  where  it  was  held  till  1783. 
Garrick  and  Boswell  were  not  elected  until 
1773,  and  Charles  James  Fox  a  year  later.  In 
1765  Johnson  received  the  degree  of  LL.D. 
from  Dublin,  but  it  was  not  conferred  upon 
him  by  Oxford  until  ten  years  later.  His 
friendship  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thrale  was 
begun  early  in  1765,  and  he  soon  became  al- 
most a  member  of  their  family,  rooms  being 
set  aside  for  his  use  in  their  town  houses  and 
their  country  home  at  Streatham. 

29  The  Good  Natur'd  Man:  A  Comedy. 
As  Performed  at  the  Theatre-Royal 
In  Covent-Garden.  By  Mr.  Gold- 
smith. London:  Printed  for  W. 
Griffin,  in  Catharine-Street,  Strand. 
M  DCCLXVIII.  Quarto,  vi  pages, 
one  leaf,  74  pages,  one  leaf. 
First  edition. 

The  recto  of  the  leaf  following  page  6  con- 
tains the  Prologue.  Written  by  Dr.  Johnson: 
Spoken  by  Mr.  Bensley. 

The  play  was  produced  on  January  29, 
1768,  and  was  not  an  entire  success.  It  is 
said  that,  when  left  alone  at  the  Club  with 
Johnson  after  the  play.  Goldsmith  burst  into 

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tears  and  swore  that  he  would  never  write 
again. 

30  The  False  Alarm.  [Printer's  orna- 
ment] London :  Printed  for  T.  Cadell 
in  the  Strand.  MDCCLXX.  Octavo. 
One  leaf,  53  pages. 

First  edition. 

The  first  of  Johnson's  political  pamphlets, 
written  at  the  request  of  the  ministry,  but 
expressing  his  own  settled  convictions  {see 
also  Nos.  31-35).  The  False  Alarm  deals 
with  the  expulsion  of  John  Wilkes  from  the 
House  of  Commons.  Three  editions  are  said 
to  have  appeared  in  two  months. 

31  Thoughts  On  The  Late  Transactions 
Respecting  Falkland's  Islands.  [Print- 
er's ornament]  London:  Printed 
for  T.  Cadell,  in  the  Strand. 
MDCCLXXL  Octavo.  One  leaf, 
74  pages. 

First  edition. 

This,  the  second  of  Johnson's  political  pamph- 
lets, was  written  in  answer  to  a  letter  of 
Junius  of  Januarj'  30,  1770,  and  contains  a 
description  of  the  miseries  of  war,  which  Bos- 

26 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

well  calls  "one  of  the  finest  pieces  of  elo- 
quence in  the  English  language."  The  first 
edition  contains  a  sneer  at  George  Grenville, 
which  caused  its  suppression  by  Lord  North 
after  some  copies  had  been  sold. 

32  The  Patriot.  Addressed  to  the  Elec- 
tors of  Great  Britain.  [Quotation 
from  Milton]  The  Second  Edition. 
London:  Printed  for  T.  Cadell,  in 
the  Strand.  MDCCLXXIV.  {Price 
6  d.'\     Octavo.    One  leaf,  33  pages. 

Second  edition. 

Written  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Thrale,  then  can- 
didate for  Southwark  at  the  general  election. 
The  first  edition  also  appeared  in  1774. 

33  Taxation  no  Tyranny;  An  Answer 
To  The  Resolutions  And  Address  Of 
The  American  Congress.  [Printer's 
ornament]  London:  Printed  for  T. 
Cadell Jn  TheStrand.  MDCCLXXV. 
Octavo.    One  leaf,  91  pages. 

First  edition. 

Ridiculing  the  American  colonists  for  re- 
sisting the  will  of  the  mother  country,  whose 
supreme  power  the  author  asserts.     Boswell 

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quotes,  from  proof-leaves  in  his  possession, 
passages  which  were  struck  out  by  Johnson  or 
his  revisers.  Even  the  biographer  confesses 
himself  constrained  to  admit  that  his  opinion 
of  this  pamphlet  was  unfavorable,  "though 
congenial  with  the  sentiments  of  numbers  at 
that  time." 

A  fourth  edition  appeared  the  same  year. 

34  Political  Tracts.  Containing,  The 
False  Alarm.  Falkland's  Islands. 
The  Patriot;  and,  Taxation  No  Tyr- 
anny. [Quotation]  London:  Printed 
for  W .  Strahan ;  and  T.  Cadell  in  the 
Strand.  MDCCLXXVL  Octavo. 
Two  leaves,  264  pages. 

First  collected  edition. 

The  half-title  of  The  False  Alarm  precedes 
the  general  title-page. 

35  Another  copy.     From  the  Auchinleck 
collection;  on  the  inside  cover  is  Dr. 
Johnson's  autograph  inscription: 
"From  the  Author  to  Mr.  Boswell." 

36  A  Journey  To  The  Western  Islands 
Of   Scotland.     [Printer's    ornament] 

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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

London:  Printed  for  JV.  Strahan; 
and  T.  Cadell  in  the  Strand, 
MDCCLXXV.  One  leaf,  384  pages, 
one  leaf. 

First  edition,  containing  matter 
suppressed  in  later  editions.  Uncut 
copy,  bound  by  Francis  Bedford. 

Johnson  had  long  been  interested  in  the  Heb- 
rides, and  was  persuaded  to  make  the  journey 
there  by  Boswell,  who  offered  to  accompany 
him.  They  left  Edinburgh  on  August  i8, 
1773,  and  encountered  some  hardships  and 
even  dangers  during  an  absence  of  two 
months.  Although  it  was  the  chief  subject 
of  conversation  in  literary  circles  at  the  time 
of  its  appearance,  the  book  is  of  less  interest 
to-day  than  Boswell's  lively  account  of  the 
same  journey,  with  its  graphic  descriptions  of 
Johnson  himself  upon  his  travels  {see  No. 
48).  An  Irish  edition  also  appeared  in  1775, 
and  other  editions  in  1791,  1792,  and  1898. 

v'37  The  Lives  Of  The  Most  Eminent 
English  Poets ;  With  Critical  Observa- 
tions On  Their  Works.  By  Samuel 
Johnson.  In  Four  Volumes  .  .  . 
London:  Printed  For  C.  Bathurst, 
J.  Buckland,  W.  Strahan,   J.   Riving- 

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BICENTENARY  OF 

ton  and  Sons   .  .  .  M  DCC  LXXXI. 
Four  volumes.     Octavo.     Portrait. 
First  separate  edition. 

First  published  under  the  title  of  Prefaces 
in  1779-81  as  a  portion  of  a  series  of  works 
of  the  English  poets  in  68  volumes.  When 
the  agreement  for  these  prefaces  was  made 
with  the  booksellers,  they  asked  Johnson  to 
name  his  price,  which  he  set  at  two  hundred 
guineas,  though  £200  was  afterwards  added. 
The  choice  of  the  poets  was  made  by  the 
booksellers,  though  Blackmore,  Watts,  Pom- 
fret,  and  Yalden  were  added  on  Johnson's 
advice.  The  volumes  include  a  reprint  of 
the  life  of  Savage,  and  a  life  of  Young  by  Sir 
Herbert  Croft.  The  Lives  constituted  John- 
son's last  great  literary  work.  He  died  three 
years  after  their  completion. 

The  portrait  is  by  T.  Trotter,   after  the 
Reynolds   (1773)   painting. 

38  The  Life  Of  The  Rev.  Isaac  Watts, 
D.D.  By  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 
With  Notes.  Containing  Animadver- 
sions And  Additions.  To  Which  Are 
Subjoined,  A  distinguishing  Feature 
of  the  Doctor's  Character,  omitted 
by  his  Biographers;  An  authentic  Ac- 
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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

count  of  his  last  Sentiments  on  the 
Trinity;  and  A  Copy  Of  A  Manu- 
script of  his  never  before  published. 
[Quotation]  London:  Printed  For 
J.  F.  And  C.  Rivington  .  .  .  And  J. 
Buckland  .  .  .  MDCCLXXXV.  Oc- 
tavo.   Eight  leaves,  128  pages. 

First  separate  edition.    Uncut  copy. 

The  Life  (pp.  2-29)  is  extracted  from  the 
Lives  of  the  Poets.  Johnson  stated  that  the 
poems  of  Watts  were  inserted  in  the  collection 
-  to  which  the  Lives  formed  prefaces  by  his 
recommendation. 

39  The  Poetical  Works  Of  Samuel  John- 
son, LL.D.  Now  First  Collected  In 
One  Volume.  G  K  [in  cypher]  Lon- 
don. Printed  For  The  Editor,  And 
Sold  By  G.  Kearsley,  No.  46,  Fleet 
Street,  1785.  [Price  Two  Shillings 
And  Six  Pence.]  Octavo,  viii,  196 
pages. 

First  collected  edition. 

Attention  has  been  lately  drawn,  througli 
contributions  to  the  Athenaum,  to  the  ex- 
treme rarity  of  this  volume;  and  its  contents, 
as  well  as  those  of  the  1805  edition,  are  given 

31 


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in  the  numbers  of  that  periodical  for  Septem- 
ber II  and  i8,  1909. 

Another  edition,  styled  "A  new  edition," 
appeared  the  same  year  (1785),  with  the  fol- 
lowing imprint:  Londori  Printed  for  W.  Os- 
borne and  T.  Griffin  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard; and  J.  Mosley,  Gainsborough  lyS^- 

40  The  Poetical  Works  of  Samuel  John- 
son, collated  with  the  best  editions: 
By  Thomas  Park,  Esq.  F.S.A,  Lon- 
don Printed  at  the  Stanhope  Press, 
by  Charles  JVhittingham  .  .  .  For 
John  Sharpe  .  .  .  180^.  Octavo. 
89  pages. 

The  list  of  contents  is  more  extended  in  this 
edition,  but  Irene  is  omitted. 

41  Prayers  And  Meditations,  Composed 
By  Samuel  Johnson,  LL.D.  And  Pub- 
lished From  His  Manuscripts,  By 
George  Strahan,  A.M.  .  .  .  London: 
Printed  For  T.  Cadell,In  The  Strand. 
MDCCLXXXV.  Octavo,  xvi,  227, 
[i]  pages.^  ^ 

First  edition. 
In  his  preface  Mr.  Strahan  states  that  Dr. 
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Johnson  had  for  many  j^ears  observed  cer- 
tain da5's  (New  Year's  Day,  Good  Friday, 
Easter,  the  anniversary  of  his  wife's  death 
and  his  own  birthday)  with  religious  solem- 
nity, on  which  it  was  his  custom  to  com- 
pose suitable  prayers  and  meditations,  com- 
mitting them  to  writing  without  any  view 
to  their  publication.  The  summer  before  his 
death,  being  urged  by  Dr.  Adams,  Master  of 
Pembroke  College,  to  publish  them,  he  con- 
sented, but  his  failing  health  prevented  his 
carrying  out  his  intention,  and  he  entrusted 
the  task  to  George  Strahan.  "That  the 
authenticity  of  this  work,"  says  the  publisher, 
"may  never  be  called  in  question,  the  original 
manuscript  will  be  deposited  in  the  library  of 
Pembroke  College  in  Oxford.  Dr.  Bray's 
associates  are  to  receive  the  profits  of  the 
First  Edition,  by  the  Author's  appointment; 
and  any  further  advantages  that  accrue,  will 
be  distributed  among  his  relations." 

The  last  page  contains  an  announcement 
of  the  "speed}'"  publication  of  a  complete  edi- 
tion of  the  Works  of  Samuel  Johnson,  LL.D. 
This  appeared  in  1787-89,  edited  by  Hawkins. 

A  second  edition  of  the  Prayers  and  Medi- 
tations was  issued  in  1785. 

2   Debates  In  Parliament.     By  Samuel 
Johnson,  LL.D.    In  Two  volumes  .  .  . 
35 


BICENTENARY  OF 

London:  Printed  for  John  Stockdale 
.  .  .  M,DCC,LXXXVIL  Two  vol- 
umes.   Octavo. 

First  collected  edition.    Uncut  copy. 

The  debates  by  Johnson  were  first  published 
in  the  Geniletnan's  Magazine  from  July, 
1741,  to  March,  1744.  His  "employment 
upon  the  parliamentary  debates  began  about 
1738,  when  they  were  given,  with  fictitious 
names,  as  debates  in  the  'Senate  of  Lilliput.' 
They  were  written  by  William  Guthrie,  and 
only  corrected  by  Johnson  at  this  period." 


,  43  Letters  To  And  From  The  Late 
Samuel  Johnson,  LL.D.  To  Which 
Are  Added  Some  Poems  Never  Be- 
fore Printed.  Published  From  The 
Original  MSS.  In  Her  Possession,  By 
Hester  Lynch  Piozzl.  In  Two  Vol- 
umes .  .  .  London:  Printed  for  A. 
Strahan;  and  T.  Cadell,  in  the  Strand. 
M  DCC  LXXXVIIL  Two  volumes. 
Octavo. 

First  edition. 

A  large   proportion   of   the   letters   are   from 
Dr.   Johnson   to    Mrs.   Thrale,    and   cover    a 

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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

period  from  August  13,  1765  (six  months 
after  their  first  meeting),  to  July  8,  1784, 
when  he  expresses  his  grief  at  her  marriage 
to  Mr.  Piozzi,  and  his  gratitude  for  "that 
kindness  which  soothed  twenty  years  of  a  life 
radically  wretched." 

The  Poems  are  Verses  addressed  to  Dr. 
Lawrence  and  Translations  from  Boethius, 
in  some  of  which  he  was  assisted  by  Mrs. 
Thrale. 

The  last  of  the  letters  is  addressed  to  Mr. 
Sastres  from  Lichfield,  November  i,  1784. 
Two  weeks  later  Dr.  Johnson  returned  to 
London,  where  he  died  peacefully  and  with- 
out pain  on  December  13,  in  his  seventy-sixth 
year. 

44  A  Sermon,  Written  By  The  Late 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  For  The 
Funeral  Of  His  Wife.  Published  By 
The  Rev.  Samuel  Hayes,  A.M.  .  .  . 
London:  Printed  for  T.  Cadell,  in  the 
Strand.  MDCCLXXXVIII.  Octavo. 
Three  leaves,  18  pages. 
First  edition. 

Mrs.  Johnson  was  the  widow  of  Henry 
Porter,  a  mercer  of  Birmingham.  Her  mar- 
riage to  Johnson  took  place  on  July  9,  I735> 
and,    although   twenty  years   her   junior,   his 

35 


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affection  for  her  was  deep  and  lasting.  She 
died  on  March  17,  1752.  Although  written 
by  Johnson  to  be  delivered  at  her  funeral  by 
Dr.  Taylor,  the  sermon  was  not  preached, 
and  did  not  appear  in  print  until  four  years 
after  the  writer's  death.  The  editor's  note 
states  that  the  sermon  came  into  his  hands 
on  the  death  of  Dr.  Taylor. 

The  verso  of  leaf  3  contains  Cadell's  adver- 
tisement of  Mrs.  Piozzi's  edition  of  Dr.  John- 
son's Letters,  and  the  fourth  edition  of  her 
Anecdotes. 

45  An  Account  Of  The  Life  Of  Dr. 
Samuel  Johnson,  From  His  Birth  To 
His  Eleventh  Year,  Written  By  Him- 
self. To  Which  Are  Added,  Original 
Letters  To  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  By 
Miss  Hill  Boothby:  From  the  MSS. 
preserved  by  the  Doctor.  London: 
Printed  For  Richard  Phillips  .  .  . 
1805.  Duodecimo.  viii,  [9]-i44 
pages. 

First  edition,  with  memorandum  In 
Johnson's  handwriting  inserted. 

Miss  Hill  Boothby  was  for  many  years  Dr. 
Johnson's  friend.  The  Account  is  thought  to 
be  authentic. 

36 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

46  A  Collection  Of  Epitaphs  And  Monu- 
mental Inscriptions  .  ,  .  To  which  Is 
prefixed,  An  Essay  On  Epitaphs.  By 
Dr.  Johnson.  Two  volumes  .  .  . 
London:  Printed  For  Lackington, 
Alien,  ^  Co  .  .  .  1806.  Two  Vol- 
umes.   Octavo. 

First  edition.     Large-paper  copy. 

Johnson's  essay  was  written  in  1740,  when 
he  also  wrote  the  very  beautiful  Epitaph  on 
Phillips,  a  Musician. 

47  The  Works  Of  Samuel  Johnson.  Lit- 
erary Club  Edition.  Pafraets  Book 
Company,  Troy,  New  York,  [/^oj] 
Sixteen  volumes.    Octavo. 


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JOHNSONIANA 


48  BOSWELLJames.  TheJoiirnalOfA 
Tour  To  The  Hebrides,  With  Samuel 
Johnson,  LL.D.  By  James  Boswell, 
Esq.  Containing  Some  Poetical  Pieces 
by  Dr.  Johnson  ...  A  Series  of  his 
Conversation  .  .  .  With  An  Au- 
thentic Account  Of  The  Distresses 
and  Escape  of  the  Grandson  of  King 
James  II.  in  the  Year  1746  .  .  . 
London:  Printed  By  Henry  Baldwin^ 
For  Charles  Dilly,  In  The  Poultry. 
MDCCLXXXV.^  Octavo,  vii,  [i], 
524  pages,  one  leaf. 
First  edition. 

A  second   edition   appeared   during  the  same 
year,  and  a  third  in  1786.     {See  also  No.  36.) 

49 The  Life  Of  Samuel  Johnson, 

LL.D.  Comprehending  An  Account 
Of  His  Studies  And  Numerous  Works, 
In  Chronological  Order;  A  Series 
Of  His  Epistolary  Correspondence 
And  Conversations  With  Many  Emi- 
38 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

nent  Persons;  And  Various  Original 
Pieces  Of  His  Composition,  Never 
Before  Published.  The  Whole  Ex- 
hibiting A  View  of  Literature  And 
Literary  Men  In  Great-Britain,  For 
Near  Half  A  Century,  During 
Which  He  Flourished.  In  Two 
Volumes.  By  James  Boswell,  Esq. 
[Quotation]  .  .  .  London  :  Printed 
By  Henry  Baldwin,  For  Charles 
Dilly,  In  The  Poultry.  M  DCC  XCI. 
Two  volumes.  Quarto.  Portrait, 
two  plates  of  facsimile. 

First  edition.  Uncut  copy,  from 
the  collection  of  R.  T.  Hamilton- 
Bruce. 

Besides  writing  his  description  of  the  tour 
to  the  Hebrides,  Boswell  had  already  edited, 
in  1790,  Johnson's  Letter  to  the  Earl  of  Ches- 
terfield, and  A  Conversation  between  His 
Most  Sacred  Majesty  George  III  and  Samuel 
Johnson.  He  spent  an  immense  amount  of 
time  and  labor  upon  the  Life,  and  even  then 
confessed  that  he  was  in  bad  spirits,  fearing 
that  the  public  might  be  disappointed.  The 
work  appeared  in  May,  1791,  and  was  sold 
at  two  guineas.  Before  the  end  of  August, 
1200  of  the  1700  copies  were  disposed  of,  and 
within   the   year  the  whole   edition  was   ex- 

39 


BICENTENARY   OF 


hausted.     A  second  edition,  with  eight  addi- 
tional sheets,  was  issued  in  July,  1793. 

The  portrait  which  forms  the  frontispiece 
of  the  first  volume  is  engraved  by  James 
Heath,  after  Sir  Joshua  Reynold's  portrait  of 
1756,  owned  by  Boswell.  The  facsimiles  of 
Dr.  Johnson's  handwriting  and  a  Round 
Robin  addressed  to  Samuel  Johnson  are  en- 
graved by  H.  Shepherd. 


50 The  Life  Of  Samuel  Johnson, 

LL.D  ...  In  Three  volumes.  The 
Second  Edition,  Revised  And  Aug- 
mented. Byjames  Boswell,  Esq  .  .  . 
London:  Printed  by  Henry  Baldwin, 
For  Charles  Dilly]  In  The  Poultrv. 
MDCCXCIIL  Three  volumes.  Oc 
tavo.     Portrait. 

Second  edition.     On  the  fly-leaf  is 
Boswell's  autograph  inscription: 
"To  Mrs.  Williams 
Badshot  Place 

from  her  much  obliged 
humble  servant 

The  Author." 

The  portrait  in  this  edition  is  engraved  by 
Baker. 

40 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

51 The  Principal  Corrections  And 

Additions  To  The  First  Edition  Of 
Mr.  Boswell's  Life  Of  Dr.  Johnson. 
London:  Printed  By  Henry  Baldwin, 
For  Charles  Dilly  In  The  Poultry. 
MDCCXCIII.  Quarto.  One  leaf, 
42  pages. 

First  edition. 

This  is  sometimes  found  bound  up  with  the 
second  edition,  1793.  Pages  38-42  contain  A 
Chronological  Catalogue  of  the  Prose  Works 
of  Samuel  Johnson,  LL.D. 

52  A  Catalogue  Of  The  Valuable  Li- 
brary of  Books,  Of  the  late  learned 
Samuel  Johnson,  Esq;  LL.D,  De- 
ceased; Which  will  be  Sold  by  Auc- 
tion, (By  Order  of  the  executors)  By 
Mr.  Christie,  At  his  Great  Room  in 
Pall  Mall,  On  Wednesday,  February 
16,  1785,  And  Three  Following 
Days  .  .  .  Catalogues  may  be  had 
as  above.     Octavo.     28  pages. 

One  of  150  copies,  in  facsimile  of 
the  original  catalogue,  reprinted  for 
the  meeting  of  the  Johnson  Club  at 
Oxford,  June  11,  1892. 

41 


BICENTENARY  OF 


53  Dr.  Johnson's  Table  Talk:  Or,  Con- 
versations Of  The  Late  Samuel  John- 
son, L.L.D.  On  A  Variety  Of  Useful 
And  Entertaining  Subjects  .  .  .  Lon- 
don: Printed  for  G.  G.  J.  and  J.  Rob- 
inson, Pater-Noster  Row,  lyS^.  Oc- 
tavo,   viii,  198  pages. 


54  PIOZZI,  Hester  Lynch  [Thrale]. 
Anecdotes  Of  The  Late  Samuel  John- 
son, LL.D.  During  The  Last  Twenty 
Years  Of  His  Life.  By  Hester 
Lynch  Piozzi.  London:  Printed 
for  T.  Cadell  Ln  The  Strand. 
MDCCLXXXVL  viii,  306  pages, 
one  leaf.  Octavo. 
First  edition. 

The  Anecdotes  were  written  two  years 
prior  to  Mrs.  Piozzi's  edition  of  Dr.  John- 
son's Letters.  Although  the  book  excited 
some  ridicule,  giving  rise  to  Peter  Pindar's 
Bozzy  and  Piozzi,  and  is  "partly  colored  by 
a  desire  to  defend  her  own  conduct,"  it  gives 
an  interesting  picture  of  Johnson;  it  closes 
with  the  following  tribute: 

"I  have  spoken  of  his  piety,  his  charity,  and 

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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

his  truth,  the  enlargement  of  his  heart  and 
the  delicacy  of  his  sentiments;  and  when  I 
search  for  shadow  to  my  portrait,  none  can  I 
find  but  what  was  formed  by  pride,  .  .  .  yet 
never  was  pride  so  purified  as  Johnson's,  at 
once  from  meanness  and  from  vanity.  The 
mind  of  this  man  was  indeed  expanded  beyond 
the  common  limits  of  human  nature,  and 
stored  with  such  variety  of  knowledge,  that 
I  used  to  think  it  resembled  a  royal  pleasure- 
ground,  where  every  plant,  of  every  name  and 
nation,  flourished  in  the  full  perfection  of  their 
powers,  and  where,  though  lofty  woods  and 
falling  cataracts  first  caught  the  eye,  and  fixed 
the  earliest  attention  of  beholders,  yet  neither 
the  trim  parterre  nor  the  pleasing  shrubbery, 
nor  even  the  antiquated  ever-greens,  were 
denied  a  place  in  some  fit  corner  of  the  happy 
valley." 

For  manuscript,  see  No.  63. 


54aWOLCOTT,  John  (Peter  Pindar). 
Bozzy  and  Piozzi,  or  The  British 
Biographers  .  .  .  London,  ij86. 
Quarto. 

First  edition. 

Satirizing  the  preceding. 


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BICENTENARY  OF 


^^  Memoirs  of  ****.  Commonly  known 
by  the  Name  of  George  Psal- 
manazar;  A  Reputed  Native  of  For- 
mosa. Written  by  himself  .  .  .  Lon- 
don: Printed  For  The  Executrix  .  .  . 
MDCCLXIV.  Octavo.  One  leaf, 
11,  364  pages.     Portrait. 

First  edition.     Copy  given  by  Dr. 
Johnson  to  Mrs.  Thrale,  with  mar- 
ginal notes  in  her  handwriting;  on  the 
fly-leaf  is  written: 
"Given  to  H  :  L :  Thrale 
"by  Dr  Sam  :  Johnson. 
"I  suppose  about  the  year  1770." 

This  literary  impostor,  whose  real  name  is  not 
known,  was  said  by  Horace  Walpole  to  have 
possessed  more  genius  than  Chatterton.  Dr. 
Johnson  met  and  often  conversed  with  him 
in  an  Old  Street  ale-house,  and  believed  thor- 
oughly in  his  "piety,  penitence  and  virtue." 
Asked  whether  he  ever  contradicted  him, 
Johnson  replied:  "I  should  as  soon  have 
thought  of  contradicting  a  bishop.'" 

For  other  presentation  copies,  see  Nos.  4, 
24  and  35. 

S6  The  Poems  Of  Mark  Akenside,M.D. 
London,  Printed  By  W.  Bowyer  And 
44 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

/.  Nichols:  And  Sold  By  J.  Dodsley 
.  .  .  MDCCLXXIL  Octavo,  xii, 
402  pages. 

First  collected  edition.  Dr.  John- 
son's copy,  with  his  signature  on  the 
fly-leaf. 

"Johnson:  I  see  they  have  published  a  splen- 
did edition  of  Akenside's  works.  One  bad 
ode  may  be  suffered ;  but  a  number  of  them 
makes  one  sick. 

Boswell:  Akenside's  distinguished  poem  is 
his  'Pleasures  of  the  Imagination.' 

Johnson:  Sir,  I  could  not  read  it  through." 

57  [The  New  Testament.  R.  Jugge's 
edition  of  1566,  with  woodcuts.] 
Quarto. 

Dr.  Johnson's  New  Testament, 
imperfect,  with  the  deficiencies  sup- 
plied in  his  handwriting  (four 
leaves) . 

Bought  at  the  sale  of  Dr.  Johnson's  books, 
February  18,  1785. 


45 


MANUSCRIPTS 


58  Series  of  seven  autograph  letters  to 
Rev.  Dr.  Taylor,  written  from  1773 
to  1784.  [With  notes  by  G.  Birk- 
beck  Hill.]  Quarto.  Size  of  written 
leaf,  8x6  inches.     18^  pages. 

The  last  letter,  containing  references  to  his 
illness,  was  written  a  few  months  before  Dr. 
Johnson's  death. 

59  A  collection  of  original  manuscripts 
relating  to  the  forgery  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Dodd,  twelve  pieces  being  in 
Dr.  Johnson's  handwriting.  Quarto. 
Papers  of  varying  sizes. 

In  1778  Dr.  William  Dodd,  clergyman, 
was  condemned  to  death  for  forging  the  name 
of  his  pupil,  Lord  Chesterfield,  on  a  bond  for 
£4200.  Through  their  common  friend  Ed- 
mund Allen,  printer,  Johnson  worked  hard 
for  Dodd's  pardon,  writing  letters,  petitions, 
and  addresses  to  be  presented  by  Dodd,  in 
his  own  or  his  wife's  name,  to  the  King,  the 
Queen,  and  other  important  persons.     John- 

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SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

son  took  every  care  to  conceal  his  own  part 
in  the  attempt. 

This  collection  contains  thirty-two  manu- 
scripts relating  to  the  affair.  In  Johnson's 
hand  are:  Dodd's  Petition  to  the  King;  his 
Petition  to  the  Lord  Chancellor;  his  Declara- 
tion left  with  the  Ordinary  of  Newgate;  a 
Petition  on  his  behalf  from  the  City  of  Lon- 
don to  the  King  (unpublished)  ;  Observations 
for  the  Press ;  and  letters  from  Johnson  to 
Lady  Harrington  and  Allen  (unpublished).  In 
Dodd's  hand  are  ten  letters  to  Allen  (unpub- 
lished). There  are  besides  two  curious  letters 
of  exhortation  to  Dodd  in  prison  from  Metho- 
dist "enthusiasts,"  and  various  copies,  in  a  neat 
hand  (Allen's?),  of  original  documents.  The 
manuscripts  give  some  reason  to  believe  that 
they  were  preserved  by  Allen,  into,  or  through, 
whose  hands  they  had  to  pass,  with  the  in- 
tention of  publishing  them  soon  after  Dodd's 
death,  before  the  popular  excitement  cooled. 
This  plan  seems  to  have  given  way  before  the 
remonstrance  by  letter  (in  this  collection)  of 
a  friend  of  Dodd's.  The  collection  was  evi- 
dently used  later  by  Sir  John  Hawkins  in 
compiling  the  first,  and  in  many  respects  the 
best,  edition  of  Johnson's  complete  works 
(1787-89). 

60  A  Famous  Forgery  Being  The  Story 
Of  "The  Unfortunate"  Doctor  Dodd. 
47 


BICENTENARY  OF 

By   Percy   Fitzgerald  .   .   .  London: 
Chapman  And  Hall  .   .   .   1865.     Oc- 
tavo.   X,  246  pages. 
Book  descriptive  of  the  Dodd  forgery. 

61  The  Life  of  Alexander  Pope  By 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  Autograph. 
Being  the  Original  Manuscript  of  the 
Preface  to  the  Works  of  Pope.  In 
Johnson's  Edition  Of  The  English 
Poets.  Quarto.  Size  of  written  page, 
8>^  X  7  inches.     137  pages. 

Sixteen  leaves  at  the  end  contain  the  addi- 
tions and  quotations  made  by  the  author, 
placed  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  con- 
nected w^ith  the  Life.  A  letter  from  Dr. 
Johnson  concerning  Pope  is  inserted. 

62  A  Prayer  in  Manuscript,  dated  Janu- 
ary 11,  1784.  Quarto.  Size  of  writ- 
ten page,  7x4  inches,     i  y.  pages. 

A  printed  copy  of  this  prayer,  written  the 
year  of  Dr.  Johnson's  death,  hangs  in  his 
house  in  Lichfield. 

62a  Autograph  letter  from  Dr.  John- 
son to  Samuel  Richardson,  dated  Feb- 

48 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

ruary  3,  1755.  Quarto.  Size  of 
written  page,  7x5^  inches.  Two 
pages. 

Accompanied  by  manuscript  notes  by  George 
Birkbeck  Hill,  beginning:  "I  have  no  doubts 
that  this  letter  was  written  to  Samuel  Rich- 
ardson." The  letter  begins:  "If  you  have  any 
parts  of  the  Universal  History  yet  unengaged 
I  know  a  gentleman  desirous  of  giving  his 
assistance";  and  ends  with  a  postscript: 
"Pray  favour  me  with  an  account  of  the 
translations  of  Clarissa  which  you  have,  I 
have  a  desire  to  borrow  some  of  them." 

62b  Autograph  letter  from  Dr.  Johnson 
to  Thomas  Cadell,  dated  April  17 
(probably  1781  or  later).  Duode- 
cimo. Size  of  written  page,  534  X  3  ^4 
inches.    One  page. 

Written  in  the  third  person,  asking  Mr. 
Cadell  to  order  three  sets  of  the  Lives  to  be 
tied  up  separately  and  addressed  to  The  Hon- 
ourable Warren  Hastings,  Esq.,  Governor- 
General  of  Bengal,  Sir  Robert  Chambers,  and 
Joseph  Fowke,  "and  then  let  them  all  be  put 
into  one  parcel,  which  Mr  Johnson  will  send 
for  tomorrow." 

Addressed,  "Mr  Cadel." 

49 


BICENTENARY  OF  SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

62c  Dr.  Johnson's  small  Diary,  178 1- 
1783.  Twentyfourmo.  Size  of  writ- 
ten page,  4^  X  3^  inches.  Five 
pages  of  manuscript.  From  the  col- 
lection of  Frederick  Locker-Lampson. 

The  first  entry,  made  in  the  summer-house 
at  Streatham,  records  the  resolve  "to  pass 
eight  hours  every  day  in  some  serious  em- 
ployment." 

626.  An  unpublished  autograph  poem  by 
Dr.  Johnson. 

63  Anecdotes  of  the  Late  Samuel  John- 
son LL.D  ...  By  Hester  Lynch 
Piozzi.  The  original  manuscript  of 
Mrs.  Piozzi's  work,  published  in  1 786 
(see  No.  54).  Folio.  Size  of  writ- 
ten page,  io>4  X  8  inches.    200 pages. 

Inserted  are  two  manuscript  letters,  one  of 
four  pages  from  Dr.  Johnson  to  Mrs.  Piozzi, 
dated  August  5,  1775;  the  other,  of  three 
pages,  from  Mrs.  Piozzi,  dated  June  9,  1820. 
Dr.  Johnson's  letter  treats  of  the  fact  that 
years  and  experience  do  not  always  bring  wis- 
dom. 


50 


PORTRAITS 


Dimensions  are  given  in  inches,  the  height 
being  placed  first.  The  measurements  include 
only  the  engraved  work,  exclusive  of  inscrip- 
tions. 


64  Anonymous.*  Line. 

Four  rectangular  and  two  circular 
portraits,  on  one  plate,  showing  six 
types,  Reynolds  lys^f  Reynolds  be- 
fore 1770,  Reynolds  1773,  Reynolds 
1778,  Barry  about  1781,  and  Nolle- 
kins  (sic)  1781;  each  portrait  sur- 
rounded by  single  line,  the  whole,  by 
three  lines.  Ins.  above :  Portraits  of 
Samuel  Johnson.  Below:  Sam  John- 
son (in  facsimile  of  autograph)  Lon- 
don, John  Murray,  Albemarle  Street. 

Circles,  2. 
Rectangles,  2  x  i^%6. 
Full  plate,  7^^  X  4%. 

*See  also  frontispiece  of  this  catalogue. 
51 


BICENTENARY  OF 

THE  REYNOLDS  (1756)  TYPE 

Engravings  after  a  portrait  by  Sir  Joshua 
Reynolds,  painted  in  1756  (when  Dr.  Johnson 
was  forty-seven  years  of  age),  representing 
him  seated  in  a  plaid-covered  chair  at  a  table 
on  which  are  writing  materials  and  Johnson's 
Dictionary;  pen  held  in  right  hand:  three- 
quarters  length,  facing  slightly  toward  the 
observer's  left. 

6s  J-  Heath  sculpt  Stipple. 

Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  line.  Ins :  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds 
pinxi^  ly^S  .  .  .  Samuel  Johnson. 
From  the  original  Picture  in  the  Pos- 
session of  James  Boswell  Esq.  Pub- 
lished April  10,  1791,  by  C.  Dilly. 

lVi  X  5%. 
Frontispiece  of  the  first  edition  of  Boswell's 
hife  of  Samuel  Johnson,  lygi.  Vol.  i.  {See 
No.  49.) 

66  D.  Baker  Sculpt  Line. 

Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 

52 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

line.     Ins:  .  .  .  Samuel  Johnson  .  .  . 

Published  April  j,  1793,  by  C.  Dilly. 

4%  X  3%. 
Frontispiece  of  the  second  edition  of  Boswell's 
Life  J  1793.  Vol.  I. 

67  Engraved  by  W.  T.  Fry.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.  L.  D.  Engraved  by  IV.  T.  Fry, 
from  the  original  Picture,  by  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds,  in  the  Possession  of 
James  Boswell,  Esqr.  Published 
April  20th,  18 16,  by  T.  Cadell  ^  W. 
Davies,  Strand. 

4%  X  3%- 

68  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle. 

Proof  before  letters. 

7%  X  5%- 

69  E.  Mitchell  sculpt  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single     line.     Ins:     Johnson.     Edin- 

53 


BICENTENARY  OF 

burgh     Published  by  James  Sawers, 
1818. 

70  Engraved  by  E.  Mitchell.  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  and  double  lines.  Ins:  John- 
son. Engraved  by  E.  Mitchell,  from 
a  Painting  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  in 
the  possession  of  James  Boswell,  Esq. 

5M  X  4^6. 

71  Robert  Grave  sculp.  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  line;  showing  top  of  table  and 
left  hand  only.  Ins:  Sami  Johnson, 
LL.  D. 

4^%6  X  3%. 

72  Anonymous.  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle. 

3  X  2%6. 

73  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle. 

Proof  before  letters,  on  India  paper. 

4  X  3^16. 

54 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

74  R.  JoSEY.  Mezzotint. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  with  the  lines  of 
the  coat  and  the  position  of  the  chair, 
which  is  covered  with  leather,  slightly 
differing  from  the  original.  Ins : 
Samuel  Johnson,  LL.D.  London 
Henry  Graves  (^  Compy  6  Pall 
Mall,  1880. 

5%  X  4M.6. 

75  Same  plate.  Proof  on  India  paper, 
with  no  inscription  save  R.  Josey 
under  center  of  rectangle,  and  Samuel 
Johnson  LL.D.  at  right,  both  in 
script. 


THE  REYNOLDS  TYPE, 
ABOUT  1770 

Engravings  after  the  portrait  painted  by  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds  about  the  year  1770;  half 
length,  with  collar  open  at  the  throat,  no  wig, 
and  hands  raised  in  a  characteristic  gesture; 
facing  towards  the  observer's  right.  Out- 
lines of  table  at  right  of  plate,  with  books  and 
pen. 

55 


BICENTENARY  OF 

76  James  Watson  fecit.  Mezzotint. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins:  .  .  .  R. 
Sayer  Exciidit  .   .   . 

i6x  13. 
Smith,  82,  first  state. 

77  S  W  Reynolds  Sculpt.  Mezzotint. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins :  Z)''  John- 
son.   Proof. 

3%  X  3^8. 
From  S.  W.  Reynolds's  Series  of  Plates  of  the 
Works  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds. 

78  Same  plate.  Proof  on  India  paper, 
with  further  inscription,  H.  G.  ef  C<5 
at  foot  of  plate. 

79  Same  plate.    A  late  impression. 

80  Engraved  by  Cosmo  Armstrong. 

Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
three  lines;  cut  down  to  vignette, 
omitting  hands,  books,  &c.  Ins: 
Samuel  Johnson,  L  I^.  D.  .  .  .  Lon- 
56 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

don  Piib<^  for  the  Proprietor,  March, 
182 1   .   .   .  Proof. 

2%  X  2M6. 
Proof  on  India  paper. 

From     Walmsley's     Physiognomical     Por- 
traits, 1824. 

81  Photogravure,  \ns,cv\htd:  Sir  J oshu a 
Reynolds  pinxf  James  JFatson  fecit 
Samuel  Johnson. 

4%  X  3%. 

THE  HUMPHREY  TYPE 

Engravings  after  a  portrait  by  Ozias  Hum- 
phrey; head  very  similar  to  the  preceding 
type,  facing  toward  the  observer's  right. 

82  Anonymous.  Line. 
Vignette,  in  outline, 

6%  X  4V2. 
Penciled  below  portrait,  "Private  place  N.  D. 
Turner.    Vol.  3." 

83  Anonymous.  Line. 
Portrait  similar  to  the  preceding,  re- 
versed, on  plate  with  bust  of  Johnson 

57 


BICENTENARY  OF 

and  a  "portrait  engraved  after  a  cast 
taken  from  nature." 

4  X  61/4. 
From  Lavater's  Essays  on  Physiognomy, 
1789-98. 


THE  REYNOLDS  (1773)  TYPE 

Engravings  after  the  portrait  painted  by  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds  in  1773  (when  Dr.  Johnson 
was  sixty-four  years  of  age)  ;  half  length,  with 
curled  wig  and  stock,  showing  left  hand; 
turned  slightly  towards  observer's  left. 

84  Engraved  by  Will^  Doughty. 

Mezzotint. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins  .  .  .  Samuel 
Johnson  L.  L.  D.  London  Publish' d 
as  the  Act  directs  June  24^^\  ^779  ^y 
WiW^i  Doughty  No  4  Little  Titch field 
St  Cavendish  Square. 

i6x  13- 
Smith,  2,  second  state. 

85  Same  plate.     The  fourth  state,  with 
inscription  altered  to   .   .   .   1793,  by 

58 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

lohn  Jones,  Engraver,  Great  Port- 
land Street,  Marylehone.  [In  lower 
right  corner]  Price  J^  6d. 

86  Engraved  by  Jno  Hall.  Line, 
Reversed  portrait  in  oval,  in  rectan- 
gular frame.  At  top  of  oval,  branches 
and  rosette.  On  tablet  below  oval: 
Samuel  Johnson  L.L.D.  Ins:  Pub- 
lish'd  according  to  Act  of  Parliament 
Feby  i^t  ly/g,  by  T.  Cadell  in  the 
Strand. 

4^%6  X  2W1Q. 

87  T.  Cook  sculp.  Line. 
Portrait  In  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
one  heavy  and  two  light  lines.  Ins: 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  Froin  a 
Painting  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  in 
the  possession  of  B.  Langton  Esq^ 
Published  as  the  Act  directs  August 
21^^  I J 86,  by  T.  J^ongman  in  Pater- 
noster Row. 

fk  X  5%- 
From  the  Dictionary,  1785.  (First  edition 
with  portrait.) 

59 


BICENTENARY  OF 

88  I.  Heath,  sculp.  Line. 
A  copy  of  the  preceding.  Ins :  Samuel 
Johnson,  L.L.D.  .  .  .  Published  .  .  . 
Jany  i^^  I779,  by  T.  N.  Longman,  in 
Paternoster  Row. 

6V2  X  sVs. 
From   the   eighth   edition   of    the  Dictionary, 

1799- 

It  appears  in  the  ninth  edition,  with  the 
date  changed  to  Auff.  i,  1806. 

89  S.  Clayton  sculpt  Line. 
Another  copy  of  No.  87.  Ins  :  Samuel 
Johnson,  L.L.D.  .  .  .  Engraved  for 
Marchbank's  New  Edition  of  Dr. 
Johnson's  English  Dictionary. 

7%6  X  8%6. 

90  Barlow  sculp.  Line. 
Similar  portrait.  Ins:  Samuel  John- 
son, L.L.D  .  .  .   [plate  cut  down] 

7yi6  X  5^. 

91  Engraved  by  T.  Cook,  by  Permis- 
sion OF  B.  Langton  .  .  .  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval  frame,  within  rec- 
tangle.    At   right   and  top   of  oval, 

60 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

bulrushes  and  roses ;  at  foot,  an  over- 
turned water-jar.  Ins.  above  :  Samuel 
Johnson,  L.L.D.  Below:  London 
Printed  for  J.  Bell  British  Library 
Strand  April  lyf'  lySy. 

5%  X  3%6. 

92  Anker  Smith  sculpt  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  double 
lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 
London  Published  Sepf  i,  1802,  by 
Longman  &  Rees  Paternoster  row. 

zVi  X  2%. 

93  I.  Neagle  sc.  Line. 
Portrait  similar  to  the  preceding. 
Ins:  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  Pub- 
lished for  Longman  &  Rees  Pater- 
noster Row  April  16,  180J. 

SVs  X  2%6. 

94  I.  Neagle  sc.  Line. 
Similar  portrait.  Ins:  Samuel  John- 
son, L.L.D.  Published  for  Long- 
man &  Co  Deer  2Sth  1804. 

SVs  X  2%6. 
61 


BICENTENARY   OF 

95  I.  Neagle  sc.  Line. 
Similar  portrait.  Ins:  Samuel  John- 
son, L.L.D.  Published  for  Longman 
&  Co  Fehy  ist  1806. 

ZVs,  X  2%6. 

96  I.  Neagle  sc.  Line. 
Similar  portrait.  Ins:  Samuel  John- 
son, L.L.D.  Published  for  Longman 
^  Co  June,  181 1. 

3%  X  2%. 

97  Heath  sculp  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.L.D  (in  script)  Published  by 
Longman  &'  Co  June  10^^^  1805. 

5%  X  4%o. 

98  Henry  Cook  sculp.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 
Published  for  Longman  ^  Co  Feb.  i , 
1812. 

2%  X  2%. 
62 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

99  W.  HoLL,  SCULP7  Stipple. 

Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.L.D.  (script)  Published  by  Long- 
man &?  Co  Aiigt  I  1814. 

6%  X  5%- 

100  Same  plate.  Proof  before  letters,  on 
India  paper. 

From  the  Dictionary,  1827. 

1 01  Blood  sc.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson,  L.J^.D. 
Published  for  Longman  &'  Co  March 

yth  18 18. 

3%6  X  2%. 

102  Anonymous.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  Johnson  Engraved  for 
Johnson's  Lives  of  the  Poets;  Pub- 
lished by  D.  Buchanan  Montrose. 

2^%6  X  2%6. 
63 


BICENTENARY  OF 


103  Anonymous.  Line. 

Similar  portrait.    Ins:  Johnson. 

2^%6  X  2%6. 


104  Engraved  by  Cooke,  from  a  Paint- 
ing BY  Trotter.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  S.  Johnson^  L.L.D.  Lon- 
don^ Published  by  T.  Tegg  .  .  . 
Jan.  i8ig. 

3^16  X  2V2. 
"From  a  Painting  by  Trotter"  is  probably 
erroneous. 


105  G.  W.  HUTIN  SCULP.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  line.  Ins :  Dr  Samuel  Johnson, 
LLD.  London,  Published  Janv  i 
1822,  by  A.  JFivell  .  .  .  East  St 
Marylebone.    (Script) 

5M  X  4%6. 
Impression  on  India  paper. 

106  Same  plate.     A  late  impression. 

64 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

107  Same  plate.  A  late  impression  on 
India  paper. 

108  Anonymous.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval,  in  rectangular  frame 
of  wavy  parallel  lines,  surrounded  by 
five  lines.  Ins  :  Samuel  Johnson  L.L.D. 
London  Pubd  by  Longman,  Hurst, 
Rees,  Orme  ^  Brown,  Paternoster 
Row  182S' 

3%  X  3- 

109  Drav^n  by  C.  Clint  A.R.A.  En- 
graved BY  W.  C.  Edwards.  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson, 
LL.D.  From  a  Picture  by  Sir  Joshua 
Reynolds,  late  in  the  possession  of 
Mrs  Piozzi.  London,  May  i,  1823, 
Published  by  W.  Walker  .   .   . 

4^6  X  3%. 
From  Effigies  Poetlcae,  1824. 

1 10  Engraved  by  Mr  R.  Page.  Stipple. 
Vignette.        Ins :     Samuel     Johnson, 

65 


BICENTENARY  OF 

L.L.D  .   .   .  London,    Published    by 
Jones  ^  Co  Jany  i,  1824. 

5I4  X  3%. 

1 1 1  Engraved  by  W.  H.  Worthington. 

Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  line.  Ins:  Sam:  Johnson  (in 
facsimile  of  autograph)  Published 
by  W .  Pickering,  London,  ^  Talboys 
&  JF heeler,  Oxford,  182  j. 

4%  X  3^i 
From  Pickering's  edition  of  Boswell's  Life, 
1826. 

112  Engraved  in  Steel  by  W.  C.  Ed- 
wards. Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  line.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson 
L.L.D.  (script)  Published  Feby  i, 
1828,  by  J.  O.  Robinson^  42  Poultry. 

4%  X  3%- 

113  Engraved  BY  W.  HoLL.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle  surrounded  by 
single  line.     Ins:  Johnson.     From  a 

66 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

Picture  by  Sir  J.  Reynolds  in  the  pos- 
session of  Sir  Robert  Peel  Bart 

5x4%. 

114  Same  plate.  Proof  on  India  paper, 
with  further  inscription:  Under  the 
Superintendence  of  the  Society  for  the 
Diffusion  of  Useful  Knowledge.  Lon- 
don, Published  by  Charles  Knight  ^ 
Co   .   .   .   In  lower  left  corner:  Proo/. 

From  Knight's  Gallery  of  Portraits,  1833-37. 
Vol.  7. 

115  S.W.Reynolds.  Mezzotint. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins :  Df  John- 
son. In  the  collection  of  Sir.  Robt 
Peel,  Bart  Painted  for  Mr  Shrale 
(sic).  London,  Published  18^5,  by 
Hodgson,  Boys  ^  Graves   .   .   . 

3%X3- 
From  S.  W.  Reynolds's  Series. 

116  Same  plate.  Proof,  with  names  of 
artist  and  engraver  in  script,  and  Dr 
Johnson  in  open  letters. 

67 


BICENTENARY  OF 

117  W.  T.  Fry  sculpt  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
three  lines.  Ins:  Pub.  by  Longman 
^  Co  and  the  other  Proprietors 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 

3%6  X  2%. 

1 1 8  Engraved  by  Bromley.  Line. 
Reversed  portrait  in  oval  frame 
within  rectangle;  oval  resting  on  tab- 
let, inscribed,  Safn^  Johnson  L.L.D; 
laurel  branches  at  foot  and  sides  of 
tablet.  Ins:  London  Engraved  by 
Bromley. 

4%  X  2%. 

119  Engraved  BY  J.  Edwards.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins:  Samuel 
Johnson,  L.L.D.  (script)  London, 
George  Virtue  (sic) 

5%  X  4^8. 

120  E.  Wellmore  Sc.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.     Ins:  Johnson. 
For  writing  with  perspicuity  and  cor- 
es 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

rectness,    the   dictionary   is   an   indis- 
pensable aid.    Franklin. 

2%  X  2^4. 

Impression  on  India  paper. 


121  Dick,  sc.  Line  and  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
single  line.     Ins:  Jolinson. 

3%6  X  2l%6. 

122  Anonymous.  Line  and  Stipple. 
One  of  four  rectangular  portraits (  ?) 
on  plate  with  background  of  vertical 
lines.  Below:  Johnson.  Ins.  below 
plate   .   .   .  Routledge  &P  Co 

2%  X  1%. 
From  Knight's  Half  Hours  u'ith  the  Best 
Authors. 

The  Johnson  portrait  only  is  shown. 

1 23  AuGs  Fox  SC.  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangular  frame  of  par- 
allel horizontal  lines.  Tablet  at  foot 
of  frame,  inscribed  D^  Johnson. 

3%  X  2M.6. 
69 


BICENTENARY  OF 

124  G.  I.  Stodart,  sculp. 

Line  and  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins  :  Sam :  John- 
son (in  facsimile  of  autograph). 

4%6  X  3%. 
Impression  on  India  paper. 

From    Napier's   edition  of   Boswell's   Life, 
1884. 


VARIATION  OF  THE  REYNOLDS 

(1773)  TYPE 

(not  showing  hand) 

125  Etch'd  BY  T.  Trotter. 

Etching  and  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins  :  Etch' d  by 
T.  Trotter,  fro7?i  the  Picture  painted 
by  Sir  J.  Reynolds  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.L.D.  (script) 

5x4. 

126  T.  Trotter  Sculp  :  Line. 
Reversed  oval  portrait  in  rectangular 
frame  of  wavy  horizontal  lines,  sus- 

70 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

pended  by  a  ribbon,  and  draped  with 
laurel  garlands.  Ins:  Safti^  Johnson 
L.L.D. 

4%6  X  sHe. 
From  Johnson's  Lives  of  the  Poets,  1781. 

This  print  appears  also  with  London  ,  .  . 
June  8*^''  1871  before  Dr.  Johnson's  name. 

127  S.  Thomson  Sculp:  Line. 
A  copy  of  the  preceding.  Ins:  Lon- 
don, Publishd  as  the  Act  directs  June 
8t^i  lySi.    Saml  Johnson  L.L.D. 

4%6  X  3H6. 

128  T.  Trotter  Sculp :  Line. 
Reversed  portrait  in  circular  frame, 
suspended  by  a  ribbon,  and  draped 
with  laurel,  resting  on  pedestal  in- 
scribed, Sam^  Johnson  L.L.D.:  in 
rectangle. 

4%  X  2%. 

129  LowRY  SCULP.  Line. 
Vignette  in  oval  frame,  draped  with 
garland;  on  same  plate  with  portrait 
of  George   Frederick  Handel.    The 

71 


BICENTENARY  OF 

ovals  rest  on  pedestals  inscribed  with 
the  names  of  the  subjects.  Ins.  above  : 
New  London  Magazine.  Below:  Pub- 
lished by  Alexr  Hogg  .   .   .  Sep.    i, 

1785- 

4%  X  3%  (full  plate,  4%  x  7%)  • 
From  the  New  London  Magazine. 

130  Engraved  by  Thos  Holloway. 

Line. 
Reversed  portrait  in  oval  frame  be- 
tween drawn  curtains,  at  top  of  plate 
containing  also  portraits  of  Thomas 
Tyrwhitt,  Richard  Farmer  and 
Thomas  Edwards.  At  foot  of  plate, 
a  ledge  with  books,  pen  and  ink.  Ins  : 
[names  of  four  subjects]  Published 
as  the  Art  directs  by  J.  Rivington  ^ 
Partners,  I  June  ijSg. 

aVsx  i^yiG  (full  plate,  5^1/16X3%)- 

131  P.  Halpin  SCULPT  Line. 

Reduced  and  reversed  copy  of  the 
preceding.  No  publisher's  inscrip- 
tion. 

2^6X1%  (full  plate,  5%6X3%)- 
72 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

132  Anonymous.  Line. 

Portrait  in  oval  stone  frame,  draped 

with  laurel  and  ribbon,  on  rectangular 

plate;  below  oval,  a  niche  of  masonry, 

holding  urn.     Ins.  above :  European 

Magazine.     Below:  Samuel  Johnson 

L.L.D.  Nat.  A.  D.  1710.  Oh.  Deer 

IS,   1784.     Published  Jany  i,   1785, 

by  I.  Sewell,  Cornhill. 

5%  X  3%. 
From  the  European  Magazine. 

133  Anonymous.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval  stonework  in  rectan- 
gle; oval  resting  on  pedestal,  bearing 
tablet  inscribed.  Dr.  Johnson.  Ins. 
above :  Engraved  for  the  Universal 
Magazine.  Below :  Printed  for  S.  A. 
Cumberlege,  at  the  Kings  Arms  in 
Pater-noster  Row. 

5%  X  3%- 
From  the  Universal  Magazine. 

134  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Reversed  portrait  in  oval,  surrounded 
by  single  line.     Ins.  above :  Parson's 

73 


BICENTENARY  OF 

Edition  of  Select  British  Classics. 
Below:  Sam^  Johnson,  LL.D.  En- 
graved for  J.  Parsons  .  .  .  Feby  i, 
1793- 

3^  X  2%. 

135  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.     Ins  :  S.  Johnson. 

3%6  X  2mQ. 

136  Anonymous.  Line. 
Reversed  portrait  in  oval,  surrounded 
by  single  line.  Ins:  D^  Samuel  John- 
son L.L.D.  Publish' d  by  J.  Parsons 
.   .   .  Feb.  1794. 

3%X3- 

137  HoLL  SCULP.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.     Ins:  Dr.  Johnson. 

aHe  X  1%. 
Impression  on  India  paper. 

This  print  appears  on  a  page  with  a  biog- 
raphy of  Johnson  in  forty-five  lines,  in  the 
Biographical  Magazine,  1819. 

74 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

138  Same  plate,  on  page  with  a  portrait 
of  Dr.  Beattie.  Ins :  D^  Johnson 
(script) . 

139  J.  HopwooD  Sculpt  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines:  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.L.D. 

3%  X  2%. 

140  L  How  Sculpt  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
two  lines.  Ins  :  Samuel  Johnson,  LLD. 

2^VlQ  X  2%6. 

141  R.  RoFFE,  SCULPT  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines.  Ins:  D^  Johnson.  Pub- 
lished by  J.  Limhird  .   .   . 

3%  X  2%6. 

142  Engraved  by  H.  Cook. 

Line  and  Stipple. 
Vignette.  Ins  -.Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. 

2%  X  2%. 
75 


BICENTENARY  OF 


143  Anonymous.  Line. 

Portrait  in  garter. 

I%6  X  Vs. 


THE  REYNOLDS  (1778)  TYPE 

Engravings  after  the  portrait  painted  by  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds  in  1778  (when  Dr.  Johnson 
was  sixty-nine  years  of  age),  representing  him 
intently  reading  a  book,  which  he  grasps  in 
both  hands  with  the  left-hand  cover  doubled 
backward ;  half-length,  facing  toward  the 
observer's  right. 

144  Engraved  by  John  Hall.  Line. 
Reversed  portrait,  in  oval  frame  in 
rectangle,  the  oval  resting  on  an  orna- 
mented ledge,  with  tablet  in  center, 
inscribed,  Samuel  Johnson  L.L.D; 
laurel  branches,  scrolls  and  a  book 
below;  above  the  oval,  a  harp,  cadu- 
ceus  and  other  emblems,  flanked  by 
two  ornamented  medallions  bearing 
the  legends,  Natiis  Sept.  VII  ijog 
and  Mortuns  /j  Decern.  1784. 

6%  X  4%. 
76 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

145  Same  plate,  with  publisher's  inscrip- 
tion added:  Publish' d  as  the  Act  di- 
rects, by  the  Proprietors,  Jany  i^^ 
1787. 

From  Johnson's  Works,  edited  b}^  Hawkins, 
1787- 

146  Engraved  BY  H.  Brocas.  Line. 
Reversed  copy  of  the  preceding;  the 
frame  of  the  oval  less  elaborate. 

6%  X  4%. 

147  G.  Skea  Scl  Line. 
Copy  of  the  preceding,  without  the 
medallions  and  with  simpler  orna- 
mentation; frame  draped  with  laurel 
garlands.  Ins:  Published  by  P. 
IVogan,  Old  Bridge,  Dublin. 

148  Engraved  by  Granger,  from  a 
Drawing  by  W.  H.  Brown.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  D^  Johnson.  Engraved 
for  C.  Cooke,  Febv  16,  1799. 

sVs  X  2V1. 

77 


BICENTENARY  OF 

149  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval  surrounded  by  single 
line.     Ins:  D''  Johnson. 

3%  X  2^. 

150  W.  Evans  scuLPsiT.  Stipple. 
Reversed  portrait  in  oval.  Ins: 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 

3%  X  2%. 

151  Designed  by  E.  F.  Burney.  En- 
graved BY  J.  Walker.  Line. 
One  of  thirteen  medallion  portraits, 
connected  by  rose  and  laurel  branches, 
and  surrounding  the  figure  of 
Hermes.  Ins:  London,  Published  .  =  . 
by  J .  Mawman,  and  the  rest  of  the 
Proprietors  March  i ,  180^. 

Medallion,  iM  (full  plate,  7y8X4%). 

152  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Reversedportrait  in  rectangular  frame 
of  wavy  parallel  lines,  the  four  cor- 
ners of  which  are  lions'  masks  within 
squares.     Ins  :  Df  Johnson,  Published 

78 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 


Sept   II,   1824,  by   G.  Smeeton,   Old 

Bailey. 

3%6  X  2%. 
From  The  Unique.     3  vols. 


153  T.  A.  Dean,  sculp.  Stipple. 
Reversed  portrait;  vignette,  sur- 
rounded by  four  lines.  Ins :  Samuel 
Johnson,  L.L.D.  London,  Published 
by  J.  G.  &  F.  Rivington,  18^2. 

3^  X  2%. 

154  Fleischmann  sc.  Nbg.  Stipple. 
Octagonal  portrait.  Ins :  Df  John- 
son.   Zwickau  bei  Geb.  Schumann. 

3%  X  2%. 
From  Bildnisse  der  beruhmteste?i  Menschen. 

155  Heath  SCULP.  Line. 
Portrait  in  circular  frame,  resting  on 
base,  in  rectangle.  Over  the  top  of 
the  frame  are  knotted  ribbon  and 
laurel  sprays  falling  from  top  and 
sides.     On  base,  the  word  Johnson. 

4%  X  3- 
79 


BICENTENARY  OF 

156  Anonymous.  Line  and  Stipple. 
Reversed  portrait  in  ornamented  rec- 
tangular frame  suspended  by  ribbon 
with  rosette.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.L.D.  Edward  Lacey,  yd,  St.  Pauls 
London. 

3%  X  2IM.6. 
Printed  in  green  ink. 

157  Same  plate.     Proof  before  letters. 

158  Same  plate.    Proof  on  India  paper. 

159  Pye  sc.  Line. 

Reversed  circular  portrait. 

1%. 

160  Anonymous.  Line  and  Stipple. 

Reversed  portrait  in  rectangle. 

2%  X  1%. 

161  Anonymous.  Stipple. 

Reversed  vignette  portrait. 

2  X  1%. 
80 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

162  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Reversed  portrait  in  rectangle,  sur- 
rounded by  line.     Ins:  Sam^  Johnson, 

L.L.D. 

sVi  X  2%. 

163  Anonymous.  Lithograph. 
Portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins:  Df  John- 
son. 

4%X3V2. 

164  A.  Sanders.  Mezzotint. 
Reversed  portrait  in  rectangle.  Ins: 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  From  the 
original  Picture  in  the  possession  of 
the  Revd  W.  H.  Rooper. 

5X4- 

165  Same  plate,  with  further  inscription 
in  script:  London:  Henry  Graves  ^ 
Compy  .  .  .   i86s- 

166  Same  plate.  Early  proof,  with  no  in- 
scription save  A  Sanders  under  center 
of  rectangle,  and  Samuel  Johnson, 
LL.D.  at  right,  in  script. 

81 


BICENTENARY  OF 

THE  BARRY  TYPE 

Engravings  after  the  portrait  painted  by 
James  Barry,  about  1781;  bust,  with  very 
curly  short  wig,  and  widely  opened  eyes ;  fac- 
ing toward  front. 

167  Engraved  by  Anker  Smith,  A.R.A. 

Line. 
Vignette  portrait,  with  drapery  unfin- 
ished. Ins:  Doctor  Samuel  Johnson 
.  .  .  Published  March  1st,  1808,  by 
John  Manson,  Bookseller  .   .   . 

eVz  X  6. 

168  Same  plate.  Open  letter  proof,  with 
names  of  painter  and  engraver  and 
publisher's  imprint  in  script,  follow- 
ing the  outlines  of  left  shoulder. 

169  AuDiNET  Sculpt.  Line. 
Reduced  copy  of  the  preceding :  below 
the  portrait  are  facsimiles  of  John- 
son's autograph  at  different  dates. 
Ins :    London    Published    by    Philip 

Audinet  .   .   . 

3%  X  3%. 

82 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

170  Same  plate.  Proof  on  India  paper, 
without  the  facsimiles,  and  before  all 
letters. 

171  Engraved  BY  E.  FiNDEN  Line. 
Vignette  portrait,  similar  to  the  pre- 
ceding, but  showing  three  buttons  of 
the  waistcoat.  Ins:  Sam:  Johnson  (in 
facsimile  of  autograph)  London: 
John     Murray,     Albemarle     Street, 

1S35. 

2%  X  2%. 
From  Boswell's  Lifej  edited  by  Croker,  1835. 

172  Same  plate.     Proof  before  letters. 


THE  OPIE  TYPE 

Engravings  after  the  portrait  by  John  Opie; 
bust,  with  curled,  flowing  wig,  showing  much 
more  on  the  left  side  than  on  the  right;  little 
or  no  white  at  throat;  facing  toward  observ- 
er's left. 

173  Engraved  by  \V.  T.  Fry.       Stipple. 
Portrait   in    ornamented    rectangular 
83 


BICENTENARY  OF 

frame,  with  comic  and  tragic  masks 
at  the  top.  Between  the  masks,  on  a 
ribbon,  the  word  Johnson.  Ins  :  Pub- 
lished by  Tho^.  Tegg,  Cheapside. 

4%  X  2%. 

174  AuDiNET  sc.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval.  Ins :  Publish' d  by 
Harrison  &'  Co  March  i,  ijgi-  Be- 
low portrait,  a  biography  of  forty 
lines. 

i%x  iy2. 

From  the  Biographical  Magazine,  1794. 

175  Same  plate,  surrounded  by  an  octag- 
onal border  of  wavy  parallel  lines. 

176  HoLL  SCULP.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  Sam^  Johnson  L.L.D. 
(script)  Published  by  H.  D.  Sy- 
monds   .   .   .  Jany  I,  1801. 

3%  X  2%6. 

177  Same  plate.  Ins.  above:  Engraved 
for  Mackenzie  ^  Dent's,  Select  Biog- 

84 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

raphy.    Below :  Sam^  Johnson  L.L.D. 
(script). 

178  HoPWOOD  sc.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  Sam^  lohuson  (script), 
L.L.D.     Pub.    by    Tho^    Tegg    III 

Cheapside. 

3M  X  2V2. 

179  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Below,  a  small  rectangle  with 
Hercules  killing  the  Lernean  hydra. 
Ins:  Dr  Samuel  Johnson.  London, 
Published  July  i,  181 1,  by  Adlard  &' 
Jones. 

5%  X  3%. 
From  Encyclopaedia  Lotidinensis. 

180  Engraved  by  I.  Rogers. 

Line  and  Stipple. 

Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson,  I^L.D.  .  .  . 

4yi6  X  3^/4. 

85 


BICENTENARY  OF 

i8i  Anonymous.  Line. 

Nine  portraits  on  one  plate,  with 
background  of  vertical  lines.  The 
portrait  in  lower  right  corner  is  in- 
scribed, Dr  S.  Johnson.  The  others 
are  .S''  fr.  Jones,  Revd  IF.  Jones, 
Jenyns,  Jewel,  Joan  of  Arc,  Inigo 
Jones,  Jerningham,  and  S^  Jerome. 
Ins:  London,  Published  by  Thomas 
Tegg,  Cheapside,  June  i,  i82g. 

ini6Xi%   (full  plate,  8x4%). 

182  Anonymous  Line  and  Stipple. 
Five  oval  portraits  connected  by  orna- 
mental scroll  work.  The  center  por- 
trait is  inscribed  on  a  tablet,  John- 
son. The  others  are  Rees,  Sheridan, 
Walker  and  Crabbe.  Ins.  above: 
Frontispiece.  Below:/.  ^  F.  Tallis, 
I^ondon,  Edinburgh  &'  Dublin. 

2^/2x1%  (full  plate,  9x6%). 

183  Engrd  BY  Davenport.  Line. 
Portrait  in  wreathed  oval  in  rectan- 
gle.    At  foot  of  oval,  a  rectangle,  in- 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

scribed  Sam^  Johnson,  LL.D.  Below, 
a  sarcophagus,  on  the  side  of  which  is 
a  medallion  representing  Hercules 
killing  the  Lernean  hydra. 

9V2  X  6%6. 

184  Same  plate,  with  names  of  painter 
and  engraver  erased,  and  with  Pn;//^<i 
by  J.  Shtiry  at  lower  right  corner. 


THE  HARDING-TROTTER  TYPE 

Representing  Dr.  Johnson  as  an  elderly  man, 
showing  signs  of  illness;  facing  toward  the 
observer's  right. 

185  Etch'd   by  T.   Trotter.    Drawn 
FROM  THE  Life  by  J.  Harding. 

Etching. 

Vignette  portrait,  facing  toward  ob- 
server's right.  Ins:  Publish' d  .  .  . 
by  G.  Kearsly   .   .   .  Febv  lO^h  ijSz. 

3  X  2%. 
Printed  in  brown  ink. 
From  The  Beauties  of  Johnson. 

87 


BICENTENARY  OF 

1 86  Anonymous.  Line  and  Stipple. 

Portrait  in  rectangle ;  seated  and  lean- 
ing against  back  of  chair.  Ins  :  Sa?nuel 
Johnson,  L.L.D.  From  the  original 
Drawing,  in  the  possession  of  M^ 
Simco,  taken  from  the  life,  a  Short  time 
before  his  decease,  and  Etched  by  T. 
Trotter.  Price  i  sh.  Publish' d  .  .  . 
Novr  1 6,  17  86,  by  G.  Rears  ley   .   .   . 

3%  X  3%. 
From  Kearsley's  Life  of  Jolinson. 


187  T.  Trotter  Sculp.  Stipple. 

Portrait  similar  to  the  preceding,  in 
rectangle  surrounded  by  single  line. 
Ins:  D^  Samuel  Johnson.  From  an 
Original  Drawing  by  T.  Trotter,  in 
the  Possession  of  the  Revd  D^  Farmer. 
Pub  April  2J ,  17 g2,  by  F.  Harding, 
Fleet  Street. 

4%  X  4. 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

BARTOLOZZrS  ENGRAVING 

Bust  in  profile,  lace  at  throat;  facing  toward 
observer's  left. 

1 88  F.  Bartolozzi  R.  A.  sculpx.  1785. 

Line. 

Portrait  in  circular  frame.  Ins: 
Samuel  Johnson  L.L.D.  Born  Sep^ 
lyog;  died  Deer  j^th  lyS^.  Pub- 
lished October  8^!'  i/S^,  hy  John 
Fielding,  Pater  Noster  Row,  London. 

5x5. 
From  the  Dictionary,  1785. 

189  Engraved  BY  Freeman.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  octagon,  surrounded  by 
lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson  L.L.D 
.  .  .  London;  Published  by  Thomas 
Tegg  .   .   .  May  20^'^  1813. 

4%  X  3%^ 

190  Same  plate,  with  year  changed  to 
1819. 

From  Murphy's  edition  of  Johnson's  IVorkSr 
1820. 

89 


BICENTENARY  OF 

191  Engraved  BY  J.  Scott.  Lifie. 
Octagonal  portrait  similar  to  preced- 
ing. Sentinel  Johnson,  LLD.  Lon- 
don, PnhUshed  by  Thomas  Tegg,  1 1 1 
Cheapside,  Angst  2j(?)  i8ig  (not 
inked) . 

3%  X  2%. 

192  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Octagonal  portrait.  Ins :  Samnel 
Johnson,  LLD.  London,  Published 
by  T.  Tegg  .  .  .  April  i^t  1820 
(script) . 

3x2%. 

193  Anonymous.  Stipple. 
Vignette  portrait.  Ins :  Samnel  John- 
son L.L.D.  '^Leviathan  of  Litera- 
ture." London:  fVilliam  Darton  .  .  . 
1822. 

3%  X  2%. 
From  Darton's  Cabinet  of  Portraits,  1822. 

194  Engraved  on  Steel  by  James 
Mitchell.— The  ornamental  part 
designed  by  H.  Corbould. 

Line  and  Stipple. 
90 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

Circular  portrait  in  ornamented  rec- 
tangular frame.  Above  portrait,  on 
ribbon,  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  Ins : 
Published  by  Oliver  &  Boyd,  Edin- 
burgh. 

4yi6  X  2^VlQ. 

195  Anonymous,  Stipple. 

Vignette  portrait,  In  rectangular  lined 
frame.  Ins:  Dr  lohnson.  Below 
frame,  102. 

3^  X  2%6. 


MISCELLANEOUS  PORTRAITS 
195a   [Engraved  by  Geo.  Zobel  from  a 

PORTRAIT  BY  SiR  JoSHUA  REYNOLDS.] 

Mezzotint. 

Half-length,  in  rectangle.  Facing 
toward  the  observer's  left,  with  head 
resting  on  clasped  hands,  which  hold 
a  book  {Irene?) . 

196  Drawn  from  the  Life,  and  En- 
grav'd  by  T.  Trotter. 

Etching. 

91 


BICENTENARY   OF 

Full  length,  In  walking  costume,  with 
large  hat  and  staff;  facing  toward  the 
observer's  right;  mountainous  back- 
ground. Ins.  abov^e :  Publish' d  as  the 
Act  directs  Jan^y  i8,  ij86  hy  Geo. 
Kearsley.  .  .  .  Below:  Z)''  Johnson 
in  his  Travelling  Dress  as  described 
in  BoswelU  Tour  [two  lines]  Price 
2  ShiU 

10%  X  7%. 

196a  Same    plate.      A    later    state,    with 
price  changed  to  is-6d. 

197  Priscott  Sculp.    Trotter  del. 

hine  and  Stipple. 
Reduced  copy  of  the  preceding,  with- 
out the  landscape.  Ins:  Published 
April  I,  181J ,  by  C.  G.  Dyer,  Comp- 
ton  Street,  Soho.  Sam:  Johnson 
(script)  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 
(Roman) . 

6%  X  4'^. 

198  Same  plate.     Printed  in  colors. 

92 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

199  Same  plate.     Impression  before  the 
final  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 


200  Anonymous.  Aquatint. 

Reduced  copy  of  the  preceding.     Ins  : 
Sam:  Johnson   (script). 

4V16  X  2%. 


201  Engraved  FROM  AN  ORIGINAL  Draw- 
ing BY  N.  Gardiner.  Stipple. 
Profile  portrait  in  oval,  facing  toward 
observer's  right.  Ins :  D''  Satn^  John- 
son. .  .  .  Published  Novr  i^th  iyS6, 
by  Wn'  Richardson,  ly^,  Strand. 

2V2  X  2. 


202  1. 1.  De  ClaussenSculp.  I.  North- 
cote,  R.A.  PiNXT.  Line. 
Half-length,  in  rectangle,  facing  to- 
ward observer's  right;  book,  with  tie- 
strings,  held  wide  open  in  both  hands. 
Ins  :  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 

5^/4  X  4%. 

93 


BICENTENARY  OF 

203  Engraved  on  Steel  by  R.  Page. 

Stipple. 
Half-length,  in  rectangular  suspended 
frame;  seated  at  table  with  open 
book.  Ins:  Dr  Johnson.  London: 
Piibd  by  John  Bum  pus,  iSzg. 

3%  X  2%. 


204  Blood  sc.  Stipple. 

Full  length,  standing  in  library,  with 
right  hand  resting  on  open  book  on 
table.  Ins:  [Quotation  in  five  lines] 
Vide  Boswell's  Life  of  Johnson  ^<l 
Edition,  Vol  i ,  P  ^j. 

4%6  X  3. 


205  L.  Rados  inc.    Sargent-Marcealt 
Dis.  Stipple. 

Full  length,  in  front  of  open  door  in 
library,  bending  over  table,  with  right 
arm  behind  him,  and  holding  a  book 
open  with  left  hand;  without  wig. 
Ins:  Samiiele  Johnson. 

6%  X  4%. 

94 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

206  T.  G.  Flowers.  Edinr.  J.  Sutcliffe. 

Line. 
Full  length,  seated  in  library  before 
table  with  books  and  writing  mate- 
rials.    Ins :  Dr  Johnson. 

4%6  X  2%. 

207  Anonymous.  Line  and  Stipple. 
Full  length,  standing  with  right  arm 
at  side  and  left  upraised  displaying 
palm  of  hand.  Ins  :  Samuel  Johnson, 
L.L.D.  From  the  Original  Painting 
in  the  possession  of  A/''  Archdeacon 
Cambridge 

4%  X  2%. 
From  Boswell's  Life,  1835. 

208  Same  plate.  Proof  before  letters,  on 
India  paper. 

209  Anon.  Stipple. 
Copy  of  the  preceding  portrait,  sur- 
rounded by  clouds,  before  a  table  at 
which  Boswell  Is  busy  preoaring  his 
Journey  to  the  JJehrides  from  "rem- 

95 


BICENTENARY  OF 

nants"  appropriately  labeled.   Below, 
Thou  art  a  Retailer  of  Phrases, 
And  dost  deal  in  Remnants  of  Rem- 
nants, 
Like  a  Maker  of  Pincushions. 
Congreve's  W ay  of  the  World, 
Act  IV ,  Scene  g. 
Ins:  Published  June   i,   i8oj,  by  C. 
Bestland,  West  End,  Hampstead. 

81/2X7^4. 

From  R.  O.  Cambridge's  WorkSj  1803. 

210  A  drawing  apparently  copying  the 
figure  of  Dr.  Johnson  from  the  pre- 
ceding. 


BUSTS,  STATUES,  AND 
MEDALLIONS 

211  Engraved  by  W.  T.  Fry,  after  a 
Drawing  by  Abm  Wivell.  Stipple. 
Draped  bust,  without  wig;  on  pedes- 
tal in  niche.  Rectangular  plate.  Ins: 
Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D.  .  .  .  From 
the  Original  Bust  by  Joseph  Nolle- 
96 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

kens,  Esqr  RA.  Engraved  for  the 
Select  Portrait  Gallery  in  the  Guide 
to  Knowledge.  In  lower  left  corner, 
Plate  g. 

212  Engraved  BY  E.  FiNDEN.  Stipple. 
Vignette  bust,  on  pedestal,  inscribed, 
Johnson. 

sVw  X  2V2. 
On  title-page  of  Boswell's  Life,  1835.  Vol.  6. 
Impression  on  large  paper. 

213  Same  plate.  Before  the  title  of  the 
book. 

214  I.  RomneySc.  T.Uwinsdel,  Line. 
Bust  with  wig:  on  pedestal  in  niche. 
Below,  masks  and  scales. 

2%  X  I%6. 

On  title-page  of  Suttaby,  Evance  &  Fox's 
edition  of  Rasselas,  1820. 

215  Anonymous.  Line. 
Bust  with  wig,  in  oval  frame,  draped 
with  garlands  tied  by  ribbon.     The 

97 


BICENTENARY  OF 


oval  rests  on  a  pedestal  inscribed,  D^ 
Sam^  Johnson. 

5  X  3%- 


2i6  Anonymous.  Stipple. 

Head  in  oval  medallion;  without  wig. 
Ins:  S.  Johnson. 

217  Anonymous.  Etching. 

Similar  head,  on  circular  etched  back- 
ground. 

I%6  X  1%6. 


218  R.  Sands  SCULP.  Line. 

Similar  head:  on  rectangular  back- 
ground of  horizontal  lines,  in  rectan- 
gular frame.  At  foot  of  frame,  a 
tablet  in  outline,  inscribed  Johnson. 
Ins:  Published  by  Vernor,  Hood  &' 
Sharpe,  Poultry,  J  any  i,  181 1. 

4H6  X  2%. 
From  Historic  Gallery  of  Portraits,  1807-II. 
Vol.  7- 

98 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

219  J.  Basire  sculp.  J.  Bacon  Stat- 
uary. Line. 
Full-length  draped  statue,  standing 
on  pedestal,  with  architectural  back- 
ground. Rectangular  plate.  Ins. 
above:  European  Magazine.  Below: 
D^  Johnson's  Monument  in  St.  Paul's 
Church.  Puhlish'd  by  J.  Sewell, 
Cornhill  April  i ;  lygd. 

7^2  X  4. 
From  the  European  Magazine. 

220  Same  plate.  Proof  before  inscrip- 
tion, with  John  Bacon  Statuary.  J. 
Basire  sc.  scratched  in  the  plate, 

221  Heath  sc.  Line  and  Stipple. 
Same  statue,  in  rectangular  lined 
frame.  Ins:  The  Statue  of  D^  John- 
son in  Sf  Paul's  Cathedral,  by  the  late 
John  Bacon  Esqr  R.A.  Published  by 
Longman  &'  Co  June  10,  iSo§. 

6%  X  3i%6. 

22  2  Anonymous.  Line  and  Stipple. 

Same  statue,  with  rectangular  back- 
99 


BICENTENARY  OF 


ground  of  vertical  lines.  Ins:  D^ 
Johnson.  London.  Published  by 
John  IVilUams   .   .   .  January,  1826. 

6%  X  3^%6. 


AMERICAN  PORTRAITS 

223  D  Edwin  sc.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  rectangle;  figure  of 
man  seated  at  table.  Ins:  Sa?nuel 
Johnson.  From  the  Original  Picture 
in  the  Possession  of  James  Boswell 
Esq.  Boston  Published  by  William 
Andrews  ^  Lemuel  Blake  180J. 

4%6  X  3%6. 

Of  the  Reynolds,   1756,  type.     Stauffer,  792. 
From  Andrews  and  Blake's  edition  of  Bos- 
welFs  Lije.    Boston,  1807. 

224  A.  BowEN  Sc.  Stipple. 
Similar  portrait,  with  tablet  below 
formed  of  vertical  lines,  inscribed, 
Samuel  Johnson. 

$V2  X  3%- 
Of  the  Reynolds,   1756,  type.     Stauffer,  213. 

100 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

225  Leney  sc.  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins: Dr Johnson.  Boston  Pub- 
lish'd  by  IF  est  ^  Blake. 

SVi  X  2%6. 
Of  the  Reynolds,  1773,  type,  reversed.  Stauf- 
fer,  1793. 

226  SCOLES  SCULP.  Stipple. 
A  copy  of  the  preceding.  Ins:  Dr 
Johnson.  Published  by  JV  ^  J  Dis- 
turnells  Troy. 

SVi  X  2%6. 

Of  the  Reynolds,  1773,  type,  reversed.     Stauf- 
fer,  2788. 

227  Engraved  BY  P.  Maverick.  Drawn 
BY  W.  H.  Brown.  Stipple. 
Portrait  of  Dr.  Johnson  reading,  in 
oval  surrounded  by  single  line.  Ins. 
D)-  Johnson.  Pub.  by  JV.  Durell, 
i8og. 

3%  X  2%. 

Of  the  Reynolds,  1778,  type.  Stauffer,  2214. 
From  Hastings's  edition  of  Johnson's 
Works.  Boston,  1809.  It  appears  also  in 
Durell's  edition  of  Johnson's  Lives  of  the 
Poets.  New  York,  181 1. 
lOI 


BICENTENARY  OF 

228  G.  Fairman  Sculpt.  Line. 
Portrait  in  rectangle,  surrounded  by 
double  lines.  Ins:  Samuel  Johnson 
L.L.D.   (script). 

5^6  X  4%. 
Of  the  Reynolds,   1773,  type.     Stauffer,  ggo. 

229  Same  plate.  Proof  on  India  paper, 
with  further  mscn^pt'ion^  Engraved  for 
the  first  American  edition  of  John- 
son's Quarto  Dictionary  Published 
by  M.  Thomas.  Philadelphia  1818. 
J.  Porter  Printer. 

From  the  Dictionary.     Philadelphia,  1819. 

230  Engraved  by  T.  Kelly.  Stipple. 
Vignette  portrait.  Ins  :  Samuel  John- 
son, L.L.D.  (script)  Published  by 
Samuel  Walker,  Harlem  Place,  Wash- 
ington Street  Boston. 

5HX4. 
Of  the  Reynolds,  1773,  type.     Stauffer,  1609. 

231  T.  Kelly  sc.  Stipple. 
Portrait   in    rectangular   ornamented 

102 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

frame,  with  comic  and  tragic  masks 
at  the  upper  corners. 


2%X  I^%6. 


Of  the  Reynolds,  1773,  type. 


232  O.  Pelton  Sc.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval,  with  rectangular 
background  of  horizontal  lines,  form- 
ing the  engraved  title-page  of  Rasse- 
las.     Hartford,   1825. 

3%  X  2%. 
Of  the  Reynolds,  1778,  type.    StaufiEer,  2505. 

233  E.  Gallaudet  sc.  Line  and  Stipple. 
Portrait  in  oval,  surrounded  by  single 
line.  Ins:  Opie  pinxit.  Sami  John- 
son, LL.D. 

4%6  X  3%- 
Of  the  Opie  type. 

234  Engraved  by  J.  W.  Steel.  Line. 
Portrait  in  oval  frame,  within  orna- 
mented rectangular  frame.  On  tab- 
let below  oval,  Sam^  Johnson,  L.L.D. 

3%  X  ihi. 
Of  the  Opie  type.     Stauffer,  3010. 
103 


BICENTENARY  OF 

235  S.  Hill.  Line. 
Bust,  in  oval;  on  plate  with  oval  por- 
traits of  Albert  Diirer,  Moncrif, 
Shakespeare,  Sterne  and  S.  Clarke. 

i%x  iy2  (full  plate,  sVi  X  3^/^)- 
Frontispiece  of  Lavater's  Essays  on  Physiog- 
nomy.    Boston,  c.  1848. 
Stauffer,  1371. 

236  Engd  by  Sartain.  Mezzotint. 
Full  length,  in  walking  costume,  with 
upraised  hand  and  staff.  Ins:  Sam: 
Johnson  (in  facsimile  of  autograph, 
at  right  of  print)  Full  length  Por- 
trait of  Dr.  Johnson  the  dress  worn 
by  him  in  his  Journey  to  the  Hebrides 
Boston,   Gould,  Kendall  &'  Lincoln. 

6%  X  4%. 
A  copy  of  No.  197. 

237  Same  plate,  with  publisher's  inscrip- 
tion erased. 

238  Anonymous.  Painted  by  Alonzo 
Chappel.  Stipple. 
Three-quarters  length,  seated  beside 

104 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

table,  with  right  hand  resting  on 
book,  and  holding  a  walking  stick  in 
left  hand.  Ins:  Sam:  Johnson,  (in 
facsimile  of  autograph)  Likeness 
from  a  painting  by  Sir  Joshua  Rey- 
nolds Johnson,  Wilson  &"  Co.,  Pub- 
lishers, New  York.  Entered  accord- 
ing to  act  of  Congress  A.D.  iS'JS  •  •  • 

Of  the  Reynolds,  1773,  type. 


239  Portrait  of  James  Boswell. 

Mezzotint. 

Engraved  by  John  Jones,   after  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds. 

13^/4  X  II. 
Smith,  8. 

240  The  Promenade  at  Carlisle 
House.  Mezzotint. 
Engraved  by  J.  R.  Smith. 

II  X  15- 
Smith,  194,  first  state. 

The  figure  of  Dr.  Johnson  is  supposed  to 
be  one  of  those  seen  through  the  open  door. 
105 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

241  A  Literary  Party  at  Sir  Joshua 
Reynolds's.  Stipple. 

Engraved  by  D.  George  Thompson, 
after  James  E.  Doyle. 

15%  X  22. 


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